On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Phillip Deackes wrote: > => On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > => > => > Hi, > => > > => > I've installed efax, but I can only > => > fax asci text. > > Faxing from Linux works very well, but there is a steep learning curve > compared to the Windows apps like WinFAX.
hmm, learning curve? i set up efax and was able to fax almost immediately. Is there anything i forgot to learn? > After a couple of years using > Linux it has only been a few months since I cracked it. > > Basically, print from an application to a (postscript) file. Then enter > the following: > > gs -q -sDEVICE=tiffg3 -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=letter.%03d input.file.ps > </dev/null (all on one line) > > Change 'input.file.ps' to whatever you called your printed file. > > Then: > > efax -d /dev/ttyS1 -o1 -t TXXXXXXXX letter.001 use fax script. It's doing all the conversion for you fax <phone num> <ps file> works just fine for me > Change XXXXXXX to the telephone number you wish to call. Change the > serial port to match your own setup. You might need to make changes to > the efax config file for your modem. I have to run this as root, so I > add 'sudo' to the start. > > To print a fax: > > efix -ops -r600 -s1 <letter.001 | lpr -Pprint_queue_name > > I use r600 because my laser printer is capable of this resolution. YMMV. you could probably save some toner using 300dpi resolution - fax tiffg3 has something like 96dpi in normal and 192dpi in fine resolution. > If you use Applixware, I have a macro which will allow faxing directly > from the app, just like with Windows. same for lyx. If you install efax just rerun lyx configuration and it will automatically detect fax capabilities > Hope this helps. OK
