Mac OS X 10.4: Fax options don‘t appear when faxing

Whenever you send a fax in Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you should typically see several options available in the fax dialog that allow you to send a cover page, use tone or pulse dialing, or even schedule what time to send the fax. However, if you haven't added a printer to the printer list, these options will not appear, and the only choice you'll have in the third pop-up menu (below presets) will be Item 1.

To resolve this issue, just add a printer to the printer list in System Preferences, if one is available. Once you do, the fax options will appear when you fax.

If you don't have a printer, follow these steps as a workaround:

1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2. Click Print & Fax to display the preference pane.
3. Click the Printing tab.
4. Click the plus sign (+) button to add a printer.
5. In the resulting Printer Browser window, click IP Printer.
6. From the Protocol pop-up menu, choose Line Printer Daemon - LPD.
7. Type 127.0.0.1 in the Address field.
8. From the Print Using pop-up menu, choose Generic PostScript Printer.
9. Click Add.

This document will be updated as more information becomes available.