Stuart,
You can fax your self like this:
Set up both faxes/faxmodems on the same telstra line.
Call that line with another line, but hangup immediately after the number of rings
which
the fax waits for before picking up (ours is 2).
If you are fast enough (i.e. hangup before the fax picks up), then you won't be
charged for that call.
Now the answering fax(modem) will be trying to start a fax connection.
On the sending fax, send a fax to "0" which will be enough to shut up the dial tone,
and
then they'll handshake and fax as normal.
If you can trigger jfax to pick up without a ring (a la hylafax faxanswer),
then you don't need to risk the 22c, just send the fax to "0" and then trigger jfax to
pick up.
Woody
Wot you said...
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:09:16 +1100
From: Stuart Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: slug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [SLUG] Faxing yourself in Linux.
Anyone know a way of faxing your linux system from a normal fax machine
without giving Telstra 22c per shot.
Got a client who wants to scan multiple page documents into emails for a
digital backup of the hard copy..
Currently they fax them to their jfax account which emails them the
scanned tif files to their server.
They'd rather link their fax machine directly to their fax modem (or
something else?) but I don't see how this is possible without going out
and back to the telephone exchange. Fax machines expect the 'off-hook'
dial tone before commencing dialing.
If it can be done, it's a nice way to get a cheap sheet-feeding scanner
(admittedly low res).
Stuart
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