From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 11:00:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22006106566B for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 11:00:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm20.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm20.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C928F8FC19 for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 11:00:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.197] by nm20.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 May 2011 10:47:35 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.166] by tm10.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 May 2011 10:47:35 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1049.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 May 2011 10:47:35 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 964362.92668.bm@omp1049.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 72140 invoked by uid 60001); 6 May 2011 10:47:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1304678855; bh=FEdlSQuaqFhlDtWiktxnIhK/t76GlCqSmbMjQYvOx9M=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=6wBNRYASBUJjUrdB+WpfgiOfM0g0ViY6J6WRkv7cnsD+D7ETEDIwgj8I8MoWz8w6fDMZLZBQWgqIr2FOlKeZ6PCSnzasqTj5Iw/D8mmiG8tLNM8I58QymJqSWBU14SGh92OpGC31eT5iQk1gSVpFLOWXh3Fe7xR8a4NBPgUOXbk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=mAIgyE9DCG7gdpyy42axqkpoSUBqIHjDhjIo6j2X6c8unH34jOgp4/qh/MhiHuSOy5Lp30k6V7mSVqT6bH7v2lKtkyOkKElrAfK122TV0HwOI5McC3Ad5WdC9RN66Xiw0CYtrNvMlwOenT0sB3U3y1T2diT+4tD5NW85p8ShoHk=; Message-ID: <462351.71539.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: xHgz1J4VM1lY43cBBEOn7CtPuyVKwh8DPEzzCUzMKbQN3On Mawz5EVKmRV.0rqmF0ajzu2UJp531pn4h3Etu_B4OLa.E_XEQQ94fOtyV_E3 IEeT34xiig7jfecIa4.8s9_.6vVLwsVNAkhnM5fk7ORwgLWK3R5zJnqK.rQf lPkzCD9cD9hmoA9v2N7FZHA4OIGrGKS98s._pMp07DM4RgBJObvj0EttsM1r oNgFOzdSw9Vjo4BAveUz2UXGBrWw.8GcWysc7olSLD1qbQGvS7SaHXaIEhM3 x6Nhq4mr7NgU.kxZZUY2cgNZJPBt_q._Iq2ZN2vLLUHGMVWy8yZ9ijOMXhZb YuXn45rdPM6gCafJkAl_70hpo1JwLgF_mPwFCLUaW09suYps59sBda1w- Received: from [98.242.233.74] by web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 06 May 2011 03:47:35 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/559 YahooMailWebService/0.8.110.299900 References: <723BE905-95AC-4B07-AD31-3D149F06527E@lafn.org> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 03:47:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: Doug Hardie , FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <723BE905-95AC-4B07-AD31-3D149F06527E@lafn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Sending a Fax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 11:00:50 -0000 =0A________________________________=0AFrom: Doug Hardie =0A= To: FreeBSD Questions =0ASent: Thu, May 5, 2011 10:2= 1:29 PM=0ASubject: Sending a Fax=0A=0AOne of my clients needs to send a lot= of faxes.=A0 He has a Brother 8680DN which =0Awill fax.=A0 Any ideas how t= o send a file to it and get it to send a fax?=A0 I am =0Anot finding anythi= ng beyond printing for that unit via =0AGoogle.____________________________= ___________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://l= ists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send = any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0AI read the = other replies to your post so let me put in my 2 cents worth. For the =0Ala= st few years, I have basically abandoned faxing in favor of e-mailing PDF a= nd =0Aother document files. Paperless is not only more efficient but its gr= een too. =0AStill there are those who must or insist on=A0cutting down huge= swaths or forest =0Ain order to send out more paper which will only end up= in the land-fills. OK =0Athat's my 2 cents worth so now I will address you= r question.=0A=0AI would assume that the Brother Fax machine you have shoul= d be able to handle =0Anetwork printing which means it should handle networ= k faxing. It not then it =0Awill almost certainly have to be decommissioned= if network faxing is what you're =0Aafter. Some have said you can get Free= BSD using Linux emulation to talk to it, =0Abut unless you really know what= you're doing this will be like reinventing the =0Awheel. Personally, I dou= bt you could get this to work and even if you did, it =0Awould be such a co= mplex setup that no one but you would know how it works and =0Athe next IT = person who steps up to manage it will curse the day you were born. =0ANot t= o mention getting your people in userland to understand and use this =0Apro= cess will prove fruitless because unless the users can simply point and cli= ck =0Ait will never be accepted by them. So unless you plan on being there = to hold the =0Auser's hand throughout each fax.....get the picture.=0A=0AHy= laFAX is a nice alternative and the port in FreeBSD has been tried and test= ed =0Aby many and it has earned it's stripes. But you will need a modem of = some kind =0Ato work with it and I doubt that the modem inside the Brother = unit you have will =0Awork. On top of that, if your client is using Windows= as their workstation OS =0Athen you wil need a client to interface with Hy= laFAX unless again you plan on =0Abeing there to massage and handhold them = through the entire process. There are =0Aseveral Windows clients available = for HylaFAX, a few of them are free but =0Arequire more than a point and cl= ick process to run. The makers of HylaFAX have =0Aan excellent client which= works just like a simple print queue process but it =0Acosts $35 per seat.= Other clients are available and cost a few $$ per seat as =0Awell. I have = a nice setup with HylaFAX and Windows clients but I just don't fax =0Aanymo= re so I hardly ever use it.=0A=0AI assume the Brother machine will do other= tasks like printing, scanning, etc... =0Abut to get it to interface with F= reeBSD will be a major undertaking. No offense =0Abut the users in this gro= up will make suggestions which sounf=A0like you just =0Asimply plug-n-play.= When in reality, it will take a huge effort for which there =0Awill be lit= tle or no documentation available and in many cases will never work =0Ain t= he first place because drivers don't exist for what you want to do.