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Questions tagged [fax]

Means of electronically sending a document.

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How to send faxes directly from within LibreOffice?

Up to version 4.3, one could use the spadmin tool to setup a fax driver – which worked perfectly for me in OpenOffice and later LibreOffice. Having updated to version 5.x, that fax driver stopped working – and the spadmin tool had disappeared from…
Izzy
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How do I install proprietary drivers for my Brother all-in-one printer/scanner/fax?

Guides on how to install drivers for a Brother all-in-one network printer are either for older devices or are rather complicated as they often involve editing or copying system files in my root directory. Is there a newer, more convenient way to…
Takkat
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How to configure usb fax-modem on kubuntu 20.04

I am on Kubuntu 20.04, I have a usb-connected fax modem, and I installed the following packages: efax efax-gtk sl-modem-daemon I ran: sudo gpasswd --add shmuel dialout The modem is identified by VirtualBox as: Conexant System, Inc. USB HSF…
shmu
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How do I send a fax using a fax modem in Ubuntu?

How do I use my modem to send a fax from my laptop where ubuntu is installed. How do I "print" to a fax modem to send a fax
Iyappan Subramanian
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Are there any fax sending applications?

Are there any fax sending application written for ubuntu. If yes how can I configure and install on ubuntu 64 bit machine. Uname -a Linux XXXXX 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64…
user7044
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Efax-gtk using Trendnet TFM-561U modem on 17.04

[I'm trying to find the right AT commands to talk to a Trendnet TFM-561U modem on 17.04 and I am having no luck. If I take the default in efax-gtk, then this is what I get in log file: efax-0.9a: 14:54:09 opened /dev/ttyACM0 efax-0.9a: 14:54:09…
jpezz
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Sending a fax via a mobile connected via a USB cable

I have a smartphone which I can connect through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable. I wish to send a fax to a given number. Which software in Ubuntu can I use to send the fax?
Indian
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Any good foip (T.38) clients for ubuntu?

At our office we have an asterisk server with T.38 set up on it. Right now we are using a fax machine with an ATA and it works good, but were hoping to go paperless. Does anyone know of any good FoIP clients available for ubuntu? Maybe even set up…
user530873
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How to configure efax-gtk 20.04?

hw-probe https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=7d09386126 The goal is to setup efax-gtk for a HP 8440p laptop (lshw pastebin click here): ls /dev returns: How does one determine serial device & lock file parameters to configure Modem Parameters in the…
gatorback
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hylafax probemodem fails to probe USB modems

On Ubuntu 21.04 I'm unable to get hylafax 6.0.7 to successfully probe two different USB modems: a USRobotics 5637 and a generic "USB 2.0 56K Modem" with Conexant chipset. I've gotten hylafax-server installed and appended the following to…
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How do I configure a Ricoh MP C2050 (multifunction) fax to work

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and have a Ricoh C2050 connected via network. Printing works fine but I'm not able to configure it that fax works. I cannot find anything that looks as a fax setting. Is my driver wrong?
bertl
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How can I configure a fax server?

I would like to use an Ubuntu 11.10 workstation as a fax server. What would be the best application to use? How do I configure it to act as both a fax server and fax client? I've tried efax-gtk, but keep running into issues. It mostly seems that…
troynado
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Efax-gtk using Trendnet TFM-561U modem

I am running Ubuntu 14.0.4 using and external modem. It will not recognize the modem. Is anyone familiar with modem and the problem?
Theodore P Lundgren
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fax: efix segmentation fault

I'm having some trouble getting efax to work on Ubuntu server 12.04.1 LTS Sometimes fax send gives a 'terminated by signal' error and sometimes it appears to work, but it always gives the warning: 'only read 0 byte(s) from input file, assuming…
Jon Hulka
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What is the terminal command that identifies a modem / fax modem address?

An HP2560P is outfitted with a Fax Modem per the spec. Efax-GTK requires the correct address / location of the Fax Modem: hw-probe returned: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=1f34ac6443 lshw returned: https://pastebin.com/raw/E0QX8t3W lspci…
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