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Faxing How-TosGeneral Notes About Faxing 1. Beginning in version 0.9.11, you must first start the hp-sendfax dialog in order to send a fax (ie, the hp-sendfax dialog will not automatically run as it did in earlier versions. This change was made due to technical problems.) In order to start the hp-sendfax dialog, do one of the following:
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$ hp-toolbox Then, select the device that you want to send faxes on. Click "Send Fax..." 2. Faxes are sent by "attaching" the documents in the hp-sendfax interface into a fax job, and then by sending the fax job. The files that are to be sent in a fax job are listed in the fax interface in the list that appears on the "Items" tab. There are three ways to attach documents into the fax interface:
3. If you attempt to send a fax (by printing to the CUPS printer) when the hp-sendfax interface is not running, the following things will happen:
In order to clear this situation, perform the following steps:
If you follow these steps, you should not have to re-print your document. How to fax from OpenOffice.org.
Information about HPLIP .g3 files When HPLIP renders documents for faxing, it uses an intermediate file format. This format has fax device ready data and can contain multiple pages. The data format used in the file is either MH, MMR, or JPEG, depending on the device that the fax will be sent on. In some cases, the KFax viewer can be used to view the contents of these files (but not always, as the HPLIP files contain non-std headers to support various HPLIP functionality). When you add files/documents into the hp-sendfax interface, the generated .g3 files are saved in the user's home directory under the "hpfax" directory. These files may be re-added into the interface for future sending if desired (using the "File" "Add to List" functionality). (At a later date, a fax viewer will be provided that will allow for the viewing of these files). Adding documents from the ADF to a fax Currently, there is no specific feature to be able to add ADF documents directly to a fax. Instead, use xsane, kooka, or another scanning program to save the pages as JPG, PNG, etc. format and then add them into the fax job using the "File" "Add to List" feature. Last update: Mon Jun 12 13:19:33 2006 |
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