On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 08:53 -0400, Frank Bax wrote:
At 08:22 AM 8/11/05, Robert Paulsen wrote:
Well, after years of trying to avoid this, I need to get a fax machine.
Unfortunately I know nearly nothing about them. Here is what I'd like to be able to do. Can anyone suggest a good solution:
1. Fax a hardcopy. i.e. it needs to be able to scan an original. 2. Fax a document created on the computer (Open Office, ASCII text, jpegs, etc.) without first printing to hardcopy. Do so over ethernet (no klunky parallel port cables). 4. Receive faxes and print directly. 5. Receive faxes and store on computer. Again, ethernet please. 6. Not use up those expensive ink jet cartridges 7. Not use up a 2nd phone line (I won't put the fax to heavy use.) 8. Work with SuSE, of course.
Since I am new to the world of faxing, I suspect there are other considerations I haven't thought of.
A fax machine (or all-in-one) will violate # 7 - it sounds like you want any laser (#6) printer/scanner combined with a (subscription based) internet fax service. http://www.faxbeep.com/
Not so. I have a single phone line and use my fax. I do have a signal-ring line which provides a second phone number with a different ring and set the fax to only answer on it. It is $4.50 a month which is much cheaper than a second line. It is true you can't use the fax and talk at the same time but works good for low usage. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge