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f.kater
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 Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 5:29 pm Post subject: fax viewer |
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Hi,
I hope this isn't too off topic! Is there a viewer somewhere out there in the portage tree to display my incoming fax files? The format is ether sff or tiffg3.
(OpenOffice can display the tiffs but the first page only even if the tiff contains more than one page.)
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | # emerge -s fax
[ Results for search key : fax ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* net-misc/hylafax
Latest version Available: 4.1.2-r1
Latest version Installed: [ Not Installed ]
Homepage: http://www.hylafax.org
Description:
Fax package for class 1 and 2 fax modems. |
Might take a look at that.
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f.kater
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thank You!
I should have added in my last posting though that I would prefer to just use a viewer (not hylafax as it requires a lot of other stuff to install). Do you have another idea how to display sff or tiffg3 files?
Thanks again,
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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I usually just pick them up and read them. But that's not what you were looking for 
No, can't say that I'm familiar with any fax packages. That one appears to be the only
one in portage. You might do a Google for linux and fax.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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If you're using KDE, you can use kfax which does exactly what you want (it's in kdegraphics).
If you have kde graphics installed you'll find it under Graphics in the menu (naturally  ).
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f.kater
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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As I concider myself being something like a minimalist  I stick to fvwm2 rather than use KDE or GNOME (this might also be the reason why I try to integrate a virtual fax machine into my computer loosing a lot of time rather than just buy one  ).
Anyway, if there is kfax which can do the desired job I'll keep on hoping that there is a tiny little sweet stand-alone x app somewhere too...
Thanks!
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f.kater
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Whoever may be interested in this story... Now, I got a way to view my faxes without hylafax, kde etc.:
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emerge tiff
tiff2ps -a my-mulitipage-fax.tif > all-pages-in-one-ps.ps
gv all-pages-in-one-ps.ps
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By the way: I am using a passive ISDN adapter (from www.avm.de, search linux) to send and receive faxes. Although you can read about it that this consumes too much cpu power it works very good on my Pentium I, 133 Mhz, 16 MB RAM. AVM provides a standard capi interface and software to send and receive faxes from the console using sff or tiffg3 files (see c2faxsend and c2faxrecv).
Thank you for your help.
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Interesting... I will have to check that out.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 10:43 am Post subject: gFax |
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| I don't know what the ghFaxViewer is like from the website posted by Philip de Lisle, but their gFax programs pretty damn spiffy! A nice all over fax front end for lazy jokers like me |
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