Re: [hylafax-users] Watermark / form background to faxes

["Lars Oberg" <loberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > When faxing invoices, purchase orders, etc., I would like to
> > have an image
> > of the physical form as the background so that it looks like
> > you actually
> > fax a physical invoice / PO.  For example, let's say I scan
> > an empty invoice
> > form (containing our logo and some other preprinted stuff),
> > is there a way
> > of making HylaFAX overlay the text of the file I am faxing on
> > top of the
> > form?
>
>
> I am doing that exact thing.  I use enscript to overlay the encapsulated
> postscript form via its 'epsf' special escape sequence.   What I
> did was to
> create the form and save it to an eps file.  Then, in the text that is to
> overlay the form, replace all the page breaks (ascii chr(12))
> with the epsf
> escape containing the form name.  Then send it to enscript, and it creates
> an overlaid postscript form ready for faxing.  Works like a charm.

Jim,

I have tried your approach, and it really does work like a charm!

Thanks again,

Lars


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