Re: [hylafax-users] lpr to fax

[Matt <math@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Schneider wrote:

> >  If you're running samba, look on the HylaFAX website for the link to
> > Sambafax.
> >
> 
> I guess I didn't make this clear enough. I have a proprietary
> application that runs on a Linux server. I want to define a printer,
> that includes a specific fax number in the configuration. When the
> user chooses to print to that printer, from within the application, it
> will send a fax to the fax machine/telephone number defined in the
> printer configuration. There is no samba, no windows clients involved
> in this application. It runs on the Linux server and is accessed
> through a terminal session. There is no opportunity to input a phone
> number in the application, the phone number needs to be configured in
> either the printcap (unlikely) or the printer filter. Sambafax won't
> do the job.


 All you need to do to accomplish this is write a simple lpr filter script
to supply the document to sendfax.
 This wouldn't be much more than:
 cat > tmpfile; sendfax (faxnumber) tmpfile.
 
Matt

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