<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >How to print to a fax machine.</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" HREF="t1.htm"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Windows-only printers" HREF="x2005.htm"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="How to generate something worth printing." HREF="x2054.htm"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x2005.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x2054.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="faxing" ></A >How to print to a fax machine.</H1 ><P >You can print to a fax machine with, or without, a modem.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="using-a-faxmodem" ></A >Using a faxmodem</H2 ><P >There are a number of fax programs out there that will let you fax and receive documents. One of the most powerful is Sam Leffler's <SPAN CLASS="productname" ><A HREF="http://www.hylafax.org/" TARGET="_top" >HylaFAX</A ></SPAN >. It supports all sorts of things from multiple modems to broadcasting.</P ><P >SuSE ships a Java HylaFax client which allegedly works on any Java platform (including Windows and GNU/Linux). There are also non-Java fax clients for most platforms; GNU/Linux can almost certainly handle your network faxing needs.</P ><P > <A NAME="AEN2039" ></A >Also available, and a better choice for smaller installations, is <B CLASS="command" ><A HREF="http://casas.ee.ubc.ca/efax/" TARGET="_top" >efax</A ></B >, a simple program which sends and receives faxes. The getty program <B CLASS="command" >mgetty</B > can receive faxes using <B CLASS="command" >efax</B > (and do voicemail or interactive logins).</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="fax-via-email" ></A >Using the Remote Printing Service</H2 ><P >There is an experimental service offered that lets you send an email message containing something you'd like printed such that it will appear on a fax machine elsewhere. Nice formats like postscript are supported, so even though global coverage is spotty, this can still be a very useful service. For more information on printing via the remote printing service, see the <A HREF="http://www.tpc.int/" TARGET="_top" >Remote Printing WWW Site</A >.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="fax-via-web" ></A >Commercial Faxing Services</H2 ><P >A number of companies operate web-based faxing services. <A HREF="http://www.efax.com/" TARGET="_top" >EFax</A >, in particular, offers free inbound faxes (to your own dedicated fax number, no less) via email, and fax transmission for a fee. Other companies offer similar services.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x2005.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="t1.htm" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x2054.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Windows-only printers</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >How to generate something worth printing.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >