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| − | '''3D Fax''' is a Windows program, developed for InfoImaging Technologies by sister Israeli company Fontech in the mid-1990s, for file transfer via fax (FTF). The program encodes a file into an InfoImage, which the user would then print and send via a fax machine or transmit directly from the computer using a fax modem. The recipient would then scan the transmitted image or receive it via a fax modem, and use 3D Fax to decode it back to its original binary form. | + | {{FormatInfo |
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| + | |subcat=Bar codes | ||
| + | |image=Faxfile.gif | ||
| + | |caption=3D Fax logo | ||
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| + | '''3D Fax''' (also 3DFax) is a Windows program, developed for InfoImaging Technologies by sister Israeli company Fontech in the mid-1990s, for file transfer via fax (FTF). The program encodes a file into an InfoImage, which the user would then print and send via a fax machine or transmit directly from the computer using a fax modem. The recipient would then scan the transmitted image or receive it via a fax modem, and use 3D Fax to decode it back to its original binary form. | ||
* v1.0 - 40kB per sheet of paper | * v1.0 - 40kB per sheet of paper | ||
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Downloads for versions 1.5 and 2.5 (different formats) can be found on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301233413/http://infoimaging.com/product/faxfile.htm archived product page] | Downloads for versions 1.5 and 2.5 (different formats) can be found on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301233413/http://infoimaging.com/product/faxfile.htm archived product page] | ||
| − | Further developed into [[ | + | Further developed into [[INTACTA.CODE]] |
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| + | == History == | ||
| + | * In 1987 Oded Kafri invented the random grids which were utilized for 'Visual encryption' and later for printing binary data on papers (which is the basis of the two-dimensional barcode) | ||
| + | * Software developed by Fontech Ltd. based in Beer Sheva, Israel to sell to the Israeli government to provide a way of securely sending data via fax | ||
| + | * [[Fontech Fax-O-File]] originally licensed to AT&T as Surity | ||
| + | * started InfoImaging Technologies, Inc. in 1994 in California (originally Palo Alto, then later Pleasanton) after winning Most Innovative Product at the 1993 CeBit for 3D Fax File | ||
| + | * Rebranded/continued as [[INTACTA.CODE]] in 1997 | ||
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== Links and references == | == Links and references == | ||
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=DBaA0pFpw9kC&pg=PT66 Press Release for v2.0 in 27 November 1995 Computerworld] | * [https://books.google.com/books?id=DBaA0pFpw9kC&pg=PT66 Press Release for v2.0 in 27 November 1995 Computerworld] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301233413/http://infoimaging.com/product/faxfile.htm Archived product page] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301233413/http://infoimaging.com/product/faxfile.htm Archived product page] | ||
| + | * [https://intactacode.op-ezy.co.uk/about/ Video review from 1997 The Computer Chronicles] | ||
| + | * [https://intactacode.op-ezy.co.uk/about/ History of Fontech and 3D Fax technology] | ||
| + | * [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HOFHEM/about Oded Kafri biography] | ||
| + | * [https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.12.000377 Encryption of pictures and shapes by random grids by Oded Kafri and Eliezer Keren] | ||
| + | * [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4776013/en Patent 4776013: Method and apparatus of encryption of optical images] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:59, 29 July 2023
3D Fax (also 3DFax) is a Windows program, developed for InfoImaging Technologies by sister Israeli company Fontech in the mid-1990s, for file transfer via fax (FTF). The program encodes a file into an InfoImage, which the user would then print and send via a fax machine or transmit directly from the computer using a fax modem. The recipient would then scan the transmitted image or receive it via a fax modem, and use 3D Fax to decode it back to its original binary form.
- v1.0 - 40kB per sheet of paper
- v2.0 - up to 110kB per sheet of paper
Downloads for versions 1.5 and 2.5 (different formats) can be found on the archived product page
Further developed into INTACTA.CODE
[edit] History
- In 1987 Oded Kafri invented the random grids which were utilized for 'Visual encryption' and later for printing binary data on papers (which is the basis of the two-dimensional barcode)
- Software developed by Fontech Ltd. based in Beer Sheva, Israel to sell to the Israeli government to provide a way of securely sending data via fax
- Fontech Fax-O-File originally licensed to AT&T as Surity
- started InfoImaging Technologies, Inc. in 1994 in California (originally Palo Alto, then later Pleasanton) after winning Most Innovative Product at the 1993 CeBit for 3D Fax File
- Rebranded/continued as INTACTA.CODE in 1997
[edit] Links and references
- Wikipedia article
- Article in 27 June 1995 PC Magazine
- Ad from July 1995 PC Magazine
- Review in 10 July 1995 InfoWorld
- Press Release for v2.0 in 27 November 1995 Computerworld
- Archived product page
- Video review from 1997 The Computer Chronicles
- History of Fontech and 3D Fax technology
- Oded Kafri biography
- Encryption of pictures and shapes by random grids by Oded Kafri and Eliezer Keren
- Patent 4776013: Method and apparatus of encryption of optical images
