SuSE Linux: Versions since 8.1
After having successfully set up Hylafax, you are able to send PostScript files
with tools like SuSEFax
and sendfax
. However, you also want to
send faxes comfortably from different applications without needing to create a postscript
file first.
Important: This procedure implies that you have already installed and configured
Hylafax. If you want to use Hylafax on a server in a network, the Hylafax
package must also be installed on the clients. Refer to /usr/share/doc/packages/hylafax/
for further details concerning the set up.
In this case, a 'fax printer' is usually required. These "printers" are directly displayed in the printer dialog of supported applications and can be selected instead of a usual printer.
KDE enables you to set up a fax printer in the KDE printing system.
This fax printer can be accessed from all KDE applications and, thanks to the KDE tool kprinter
,
from many others applications, too. In addition, the office package OpenOffice allows you to set up
a fax printer. Both approaches are described below.
To set up a fax printer in KDE, proceed as follows:
kdeprintfax
in the opened dialog/usr/bin/sendfax -n -h %server %res -d %name@%number -x %enterprise -c %comment -f %email %files
Now you can activate the print function in any KDE application as usual.
Select "Send to Fax" as the name in the print dialog. When doing this, the already familiar
kdeprintfax
mask will be displayed. Enter the necessary data, like fax number,
and click "Send Fax". The document is transmitted to Hylafax then sent.
To use this function from non-KDE applications, enter
the KDE application kprinter
instead of the command lpr
.
As an example, we show how to send a fax from Acrobat Reader.
The following steps are required:
kprinter
in the "Command" field.At this point, the usual KDE print dialog is displayed and you can proceed as described above.
Regardless of the print system you use, OpenOffice allows you to set up a fax printer directly. Proceed as follows:
sux -
"/opt/OpenOffice.org/spadmin
sendfax -n -d (PHONE) (TMP)
exit
Now OpenOffice can be started as usual to edit or load documents and to select the print function. The print dialog offers you the possibility to select the fax printer. After confirming the print job, OpenOffice asks for the target number then passes the fax to the Hylafax system.
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