SANE and faxing
David Ryder
davaweb at bigpond.net.au
Sat Mar 22 22:51:42 GMT 2008
Hi,
Feisty with SANE and efax
I am new to the mailing list (any) so please (politely :-) ) tell me if
I am mis-using it. Thanks.
I am fax intensive but not to the point of needing/wanting the hassle of
installing hyalafax or mgetty-sendfax, neither of which I have been able
to successfully install anyway.
1) I a have two big (to me) problems here. XSANE will interface
with gimp, copy, save, email and supposedly fax. I have efax
installed with efax-gtk as the front end. Works like a treat. I
send/receive using /dev/ttsy0 via CUPS localhost:<port number> -
all via the gui. efax integrates perfectly with the Writer etc.
But XSANE, using its default setup for efax, only queues the
'project' (where?) and does not send it.
I tested it communicating with my modem by changing the send
command to -d /dev/ttsy0 and the modem 'sent' the fax but of
course without waiting for a dialtone, dialling or hasndshake -
but at least it communicasted so my hardware is OK with it.
Please, has anybody got XSANE working with efax or can anybody
help me? I have spent weeks googling, reafding posts etc.
Unfortunately the XSANE manual leaves a lot to be desired.
2) Is there a way of putting a 'scan' button in Writer?
Many thanks,
David
PS I can attach a picture of the fax setup - are attachments
allowed?
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