Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:53:43 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sending a fax from networked HP Officcejet Pro 8500 Message-ID: <20161210125343.6cc73c27@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <c55c219d-b129-e5c1-c2a6-ae34233f042f@dreamchaser.org> References: <c55c219d-b129-e5c1-c2a6-ae34233f042f@dreamchaser.org>
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 20:26:10 -0700 Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > I've got an HP Officejet Pro 8500 sitting on the local network. > Web interface allows me to scan and save a document as a pdf. > Web interface also has way to set up fax forward as email or save > in a network-accessible directory. > I'm interested in sending a pdf as a fax. > There's no equivalent in the web interface for sending that I > can find. > The proprietary software for mac and windoze apparently knows how > to send a fax. > My searches turn up nothing helpful. > > anyone know how? Make sure you have print/hplip installed with FAX, SNMP and X11 options turned on. Then remove the printer from the CUPS web interface at http://localhost:631 and instead set up your printer using HP Device Manager that should be available somewhere in the application menu of your X11 desktop system (if not, run hp-toolbox from a terminal). This setup process will scan your network for available printers. I don't know if fax support will be set up automatically together with the printer or if it will be listed as a second printer. If it's listed as a second printer you may need to run the setup process twice. I have a printer+scanner and that just shows up as one device. How to send a fax is explained at http://hplipopensource.com/node/180
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