Re: flexfax: Can only send one page to HP office fax/printer

[brian@worldcontrol.com]

On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 11:02:26AM +1100, Damian Ivereigh wrote:
> It's the RTN (Retrain Negative) which is causing the problem. Apparently
> Hylafax sends some junk that it shouldn't somewhere. Most fax machines
> ignore, but some get upset and want to reduce the speed of the
> connection (RTN). I don't think Hylafax wants to do that - so bombs out.
> 
> There's a patch to fix the junk on
> http://www.elgro.demon.co.uk/patchlist.html

I tried the tagline patch and I am still having the same problem.  I

Also got 3 reports from others experiencing the problem, though
not necessarily with the same type destination fax machine.

--
Brian Litzinger <brian@litzinger.com>


> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-flexfax@celestial.com [mailto:owner-flexfax@celestial.com]On
> > > Behalf Of brian@worldcontrol.com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 4:17 AM
> > > To: flexfax@sgi.com
> > > Subject: flexfax: Can only send one page to HP office fax/printer
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not subscribe to this list so please respond to brian@litzinger.com
> > > or brian@worldcontrol.com.
> > >
> > > I've been using Hylafax for years.  I've run into a fax machine which
> > > I just can't successfully send more than 1 page to.  It is a nice
> > > modern HP multifunction fax, printer, copier, etc.  I've been sending
> > > faxes for years to a myriad of faxes.
> > >
> > > I'm running:
> > >
> > > HylaFAX v4.0pl2
> > > FreeBSD -current,elf,CAM,SMP
> > > gcc 2.7.2
> > > ZyXEL 1496E with 6.12 firmware
> > >
> > > If I send the machine a 2 page fax, or coversheet + 1 page, I get
> > >
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: SENT 13269 bytes of data
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: SEND 1D RTC
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: <-- data [9]
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: SEND end page
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: SEND send MPS (more pages, same document)
> > > Nov 04 03:25:11.95: [14694]: <-- data [2]
> > > Nov 04 03:25:28.27: [14694]: --> [5:ERROR]
> > > Nov 04 03:25:28.27: [14694]: SEND recv RTN (retrain negative)
> > > Nov 04 03:25:28.27: [14694]: <-- [7:AT+FDT\r]
> > > Nov 04 03:25:34.28: [14694]: --> [20:+FCS:0,3,0,2,0,0,0,5]
> > >
> > > The HP ends up with a fine copy of the 1st page.  In fact, it will
> > > end up with 9 copies, as  Hylafax tries 3 times, and each try
> > > tries to send the 1st page 3 times.  I've since been using '-t 1'.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what is wrong?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brian Litzinger <brian@litzinger.com>