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>13. How to print to a fax machine.</H1
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>You can print to a fax machine with, or without, a modem.</P
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>13.1. Using a faxmodem</H2
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>There are a number of fax programs out there that will let you fax
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and receive documents. One of the most powerful is Sam Leffler's <SPAN
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>HylaFAX</A
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>. It supports all sorts of things
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from multiple modems to broadcasting.</P
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>SuSE ships a Java HylaFax client which allegedly works on any Java
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platform (including Windows and GNU/Linux). There are also non-Java
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fax clients for most platforms; GNU/Linux can almost certainly handle
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your network faxing needs.</P
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> Also available, and a better choice for smaller installations, is <B
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HREF="http://casas.ee.ubc.ca/efax/"
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>efax</A
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>, a simple program which sends and receives faxes. The
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getty program <B
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>mgetty</B
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> (and do voicemail or interactive logins).</P
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>13.2. Using the Remote Printing Service</H2
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>There is an experimental service offered that lets you send an
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email message containing something you'd like printed such that it
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will appear on a fax machine elsewhere. Nice formats like
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postscript are supported, so even though global coverage is
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spotty, this can still be a very useful service. For more
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information on printing via the remote printing service, see the <A
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>13.3. Commercial Faxing Services</H2
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>A number of companies operate web-based faxing services. <A
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>EFax</A
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>, in particular, offers
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free inbound faxes (to your own dedicated fax number, no less) via
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email, and fax transmission for a fee. Other companies offer
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similar services.</P
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