Fax as printer in cups

[James Freer]

On 5 January 2011 00:48, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hello James,
>
> Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 1:07:19 PM, James wrote:
>
>>>> Much better to just buy a serial hardware modem which i found
>>>> worked immediately and cost little more than £5 - new on ebay (i
>>>> bought two to be on the safe side!).
>
>a] Was this with Lucid perchance? Lucid supports serial ports OK? Can the
>b] modem/efax-gtk combo recognize incoming faxes and answer only those,
> and not regular calls?
>
> JF> One thing i do after i've set up an app is to 'take screenshot' of
> JF> all settings just to be on the safe side for the future. I can
> JF> post these if that would help with the efax-gtk route.
>
> c] I would appreciate a copy. I, too, need to use fax - in fact, I needed
> to send one earlier today. My hardware fax is getting impossibly
> flaky, and I'm considering a fax app for Lucid to replace it.
>
> If you think it would excessively inflame the non-fax-users on the
> list, please send it privately. :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
>  rikona

I'm short of time today but will email you privately this evening [UK time].

a] No it was with 8.04. I have been trying to get round to an update
and i didn't like 10.04 and had problems with 10.10. efax-gtk is fine
on each of the distros i've tried it on.

b] I'd have to check. Generally NO. It is only the much more
complicated software [can't think what the windows app is called] that
can distinguish - but then again reliably? That's why i receive on
efax... good way round the problem.

c] i'll send it this evening... meanwhile install efax-gtk on your
machine and hopefully you'll be up an running by the end of today.

alternatively i've an excellent windows faxing app [if you're dual
booting] which you could use on a winmodem if that's all you've got
for now.

james