From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 06:48:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BE6106566B for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 06:48:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com (dorsai-02.celestial.com [192.136.111.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345C68FC12 for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 06:48:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B04A2062B19; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at celestial.com Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dorsai-02.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pcW4EU1XL5gr; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C982062B08; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04A965133E; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JZvTFQ0AMNSt; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id E00AA51367; Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 23:48:55 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20110506064855.GA16592@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions References: <723BE905-95AC-4B07-AD31-3D149F06527E@lafn.org> <20110506051935.GB2327@tinyCurrent> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 OpenPKG/CURRENT (2009-01-05) Cc: Subject: Re: Sending a Fax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 06:48:57 -0000 On Thu, May 05, 2011, Doug Hardie wrote: > >On 5 May 2011, at 22:19, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >> El día Thursday, May 05, 2011 a las 07:21:29PM -0700, Doug Hardie escribió: >> >>> One of my clients needs to send a lot of faxes. He has a Brother 8680DN which will fax. Any ideas how to send a file to it and get it to send a fax? I am not finding anything beyond printing for that unit via Google._______________________________________________ >> >> Check out HylaFAX in the ports; don't know if your modem is supported; > >Thanks. As best as I can tell the Brother unit has a modem built it, but >the only interface to it is via ethernet. I suspect it takes a PDF and >then sends that, much like printing. I've found that the Multitech external modems have been the most reliable for fax operations. We've been using HylaFAX for years, since it was called Flexfax. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Never chastise a Windows user...just smile at them kindly as you would a disadvantaged child. WBM