From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Dec 10 11:54:07 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ECECC70137 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:54:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay114.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay114.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.141]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8ED1F17F5 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:54:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BCAgCP7EtY//s+sVtdGwEBAQMBAQEJA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBgzcBAQEBAR9MDoEGjUmXFCYBlF2CCCWCRoM2AoFlQBQBAgEBAQEBAQFiKIR?= =?us-ascii?q?pAQU6HCMQCw4KCSUPKh4GE4hvCq5Wix0BAQEBAQEBAwEBAQEBI4sZhBoRAYV9B?= =?us-ascii?q?Zprhk+KSHSBXY4CjguEDh83Yj2FXT00himCLgEBAQ?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BCAgCP7EtY//s+sVtdGwEBAQMBAQEJAQEBgzcBAQEBAR9?= =?us-ascii?q?MDoEGjUmXFCYBlF2CCCWCRoM2AoFlQBQBAgEBAQEBAQFiKIRpAQU6HCMQCw4KC?= =?us-ascii?q?SUPKh4GE4hvCq5Wix0BAQEBAQEBAwEBAQEBI4sZhBoRAYV9BZprhk+KSHSBXY4?= =?us-ascii?q?CjguEDh83Yj2FXT00himCLgEBAQ?= Received: from 251.62-177-91.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([91.177.62.251]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2016 12:53:45 +0100 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id uBABrhtq051374; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:53:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:53:43 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans To: Gary Aitken Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: sending a fax from networked HP Officcejet Pro 8500 Message-ID: <20161210125343.6cc73c27@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:54:07 -0000 On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 20:26:10 -0700 Gary Aitken 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