Re: [hylafax-users] printing faxes automatically to a windows printer

["Josh Welch" <jwelch@buffalowildwings.com>]

I know it is possible to mount a windows printer on a Linux box, providing
you are using a current distro and recent samba. This section of the SMB
How-To covers printing from a Linux box to a windows printer,
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-10.html. You could use the
faxrcvd-ps script as your faxrcvd
http://www.hylafax.org/howto/faxrcvd/faxrcvd-ps, except rather than using a
faxrcvd-mail to mail the PostScript output, manufacture a script to spool it
to the appropriate printer, providing that printer is capable of handling
PostScript. The stock faxrcvd uses the file FaxDispatch to route faxes via
e-mail, based upon what device they came in one, and other criteria, and I
imagine that you could use it to specify what printer to print to as well.
If the printer will not handle PostScript output, your best bet would be
some sort of OLE automation through WHFC like Bernd was talking about, I've
no idea how to do that.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yan Seiner" <yan@cardinalengineering.com>
To: <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] printing faxes automatically to a windows
printer


> Actually, I am thinking an incoming fax handled by hylafax.
>
> A fax comes in, a decision is made based on the phone number and the fax
> is sent to be printed on a windows box rather than being emailed.
>
> I see this as a two step process:
>
> 1.  Fax is converted by ghostscript to whatever format is needed by the
> windows printer
> 2.  The resulting raw print file is queued for printing and is spooled
> to the win box.
>
> I don't want to reinvent the wheel if this has already been done.
>
> --Yan
>
> Bernd Proissl wrote:
>
> >>I realize this is probably more of a windows/samba question - but I'be
> >>been asked to see if I could print faxes automatically to a printer
> >>attached to a windows machine.  The machine in question will most likely
> >>be a windows 9x box.
> >>
> >>Any ideas on where to start?
> >>
> >>All my printing is done the other way - from windows boxes to linux
> >>server....
> >>
> >
> > I asume with "fax" you mean a ps, tiff (or pdf) file somewhere on the
filesystem on
> > your windows box. if this is true you might want to look at my java
sendfax on www.sourceforge.net/projects/jhfc
> >
> > WHFC has ole automation support: www.transcom.de/whfc
> >
> > Bernd
> >
> >
> >
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