> > > > Is there any linux app(s) that will do fax serving for M$
> > > Windows products
> > > > (95,98,nt?)?
> > >
> > > I use mgetty+fax. I have not tried it, but believe that the print
> > > spooler can be directed using /etc/printcap to queue outgoing
> > > faxes. I think
> > > this would serve outgoing fax capability.
> > >
> >
> > I have thought about trying this, but the question that keeps
> popping into
> > my mind is, how, then, would you tell it what number to fax to
> after you
> > print from Windows? It would be very easy to set up a network
> printer using
> > either samba or mars as a postscript printer, and use ghostscript to
> > convert it to G3, then use sendfax to send it... but where
> would you send
> > it to? You have no way of including the destination in your print job.
>
> Although I don't believe any standard has been set for it, if it were to
> be used for your own network, you could store the phone # in the subject
> and have mgetty+fax filter it out ...
I'm talking about printing from windows applications, there is no way to
set up a "subject" for a print job. In, say, quickbooks, you hit the print
invoice button, and it sends the print job. No chance to set anything.
