Per Jessen said the following on 06/08/2009 08:16 AM:
I only send faxes from openoffice, and I've got a special fax printer set up for that. To have a fax printer available everywhere, I think you need to set it up in cups, and I'm pretty certain I have come across a hylafax "backend" for cups or some such.
That sounds interesting. The 'everywhere' hylafax integrate with CUPS seems great for the bricks-an-mortar office; another box (or virtual) an another phone line along with many other phone lines. But for those of us who live an work 'out of the office' an use a laptop, something else is needed. When I google for 'openoffice+fax' I get a lot of references to How-Tos that specify: To send a fax directly from OpenOffice.org, you need a fax modem and a fax driver that allows applications to communicate with the fax modem. Well that's a big MAYBE. Maybe the modem in my laptop can fax, but is it a real modem? Maybe I'd be better off using a network service like eFax if I deal with a lot of faxes, both outgoing an incoming. My reality, though is that faxes are a technology that won't die. Having become popular before the Internet they persist in modern business. If I have to fax something once a month that is remarkable. I can usually send a document by email or via a FT box. But occasionally I have to send a signed document, or worse, print out a PDF form, fill it in, sign it an fax it. The last time I tried that it turned out that the fax at my local copy shop could not connect to the remote fax service and I resorted to snail-mail! So there are two problems: 1. A simplified, low footprint, occasional fax out of a document via my laptop's modem. 2. Dealing with the complexities of PDF forms that need to be filled in, signed and faxed. As I say, this is an occasional nod to an archaic technology, but when it is needed it is very definitely needed. I wonder how many other people are in this situation? I wonder if there is a 'small footprint' solution for laptops and occasional use? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org