Fax?

[newbreed]

is there a apt that I can use to fax straight from a file on my system? in other words, can I fax from my system with out a fax machine but to a fax number?

[jeffus_il]

You need a modem, drivers for a modem , install the efax and efax-gtk packages and you can set up a printer in cups which will send any document to the fax printer and a a popup window will ask you for the fax number to dial, which can also be stored in the efax phonebook.

[newbreed]

Thanks jeffus_il.. :guitar:

[samaricsm]

You need a modem, drivers for a modem , install the efax and efax-gtk packages and you can set up a printer in cups which will send any document to the fax printer and a a popup window will ask you for the fax number to dial, which can also be stored in the efax phonebook.

Thanks for the advice. I tried it, but it did not work.

I installed efax and efax-gtk. I did not see any new printers to choose from after the installation of efax and efax-gtk. I restarted OpenOffice. I am printing to the "fax" of the HP OfficeJet 5610 All-in-One that is attached to the computer. It just ate the fax. It did not ask me for a number to dial, nor did it print the file. The file is sitting in the print queue with a status of "processing".

Do I need to reinstall the HP, now that efax and efax-gtk have been installed?

Thanks.

[cariboo]

Have you got your modem in your computer configured and working? can you dial out? Or are you trying to use the fax built into your printer?

[samaricsm]

I am trying to fax an open office document. Until I installed efax, the only thing that claimed to be fax compliant was the printer. That seemed logical. I would print to the fax and it would dial out. However, it has never asked me for the modem, or a phone number. I just thought it would use the default modem that is built into the machine.

The only software that I have found that admits I have a modem is the network panel, that then wants to use my modem to gain access to an ISP. So, I have not tested the modem as a separate entity.

None of the books that I have on Ubuntu wish to admit the modem is part of the hardware.

I hoped that answered your questions. Thanks for trying to help.