[cups.general] How to send faxes via cups
Gerald Britton
gerald.britton at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 06:09:17 PDT 2007
Yes, I am familiar with the various components of the MFP. The one
component I am interested in is the faxing piece. Now, of course, one
can stand at the printer and use it like a plain old fax machine, but
that's not what I'm after. From the planning guide for the device:
"From supported HP digital sending devices*, digitised
information can be sent quickly and securely to network
folders, printers, and fax services, improving productivity,
and reducing the costs of sharing and storing information
on an organisation-wide basis.
*HP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 4.0 is compatible with the following
products: HP Color LaserJet 9500mfp (C8549A), HP LaserJet 9040mfp
(Q3726A) and 9050mfp (Q3728A), and HP 9200c Digital Sender
(Q5916A). HP DSS 4.0 is backward compatible with the HP LaserJet
4100mfp and 9000mfp for authentication and LAN/Internet fax
support only."
So, it is this piece that I am interested in. Can cups interface with
DSS to provide easy faxing? Alternatively, can cups use the same
protocols as DSS to talk to the printer so as to run without the DSS
server?
On 10/20/07, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> Gerald Britton wrote:
>
> > Hi -- I have an HP 9040 MFP printer in my office that can send faxes.
>
> I *bet* that's not the case (but I don't know the 9040); you don't have
> a "printer that can send faxes".
>
> You have a marking engine, print controller, an ethernet interface, a
> scanner, a plain old telephone interface and a fax controller ... all in
> one chassis.
>
> Or to say it simpler: a printer, a scanner and a fax all in one chassis.
>
> Within the chassis, what you scan can be send to the "printer". So combo
> makes a photocopier.
>
> Within the chassis, what you scan may go out to the ethernet link to an
> FTP server or an SMTP server (email address) or a shared folder. So the
> combo gives a "Scan to email", "Scan to FTP" or "Scan to Share" service.
>
> Within the chassis, what you scan may go out through the POTS link to a
> traditional fax receiver. So what you have is "Scan to Fax". Well, it
> *IS* a fax.
>
> Within the chassis, there is no connection from the print controller to
> the fax functionality.
>
> That's what I'd bet. But I'm willing to learn that I lost this bet.
>
>
> If you want to fax from your Linux PC, you need to connect to a "Fax
> Server", such as Hylafax, eFax, mgetty-sendfax or any proprietary
> application.
>
> If you want to do this via CUPS printing, you need a CUPS backend
> that connects to such a fax server (and makes sure the data type
> send to that server is what is required).
>
>
> --
> Kurt Pfeifle
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