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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Faxing.txt b/docs/textdocs/Faxing.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..132a9f64ce --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/textdocs/Faxing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ + F A X I N G with S A M B A + +This text describes how to turn your SAMBA-server into a fax-server +for any environment, especially for Windows. + Author: Gerhard Zuber <zuber@berlin.snafu.de> + +Requirements: + UNIX box (Linux preferred) with SAMBA + ghostscript package + mgetty+sendfax package + pbm package (portable bitmap tools) + +FTP sites: + mgetty099-May31.tar.gz + I got it from: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/mgetty/mgetty099-May31.tar.gz + + +making mgetty+sendfax running: +============================== + + go to source tree: /usr/src/mgetty+sendfax + cp policy.h-dist policy.h + + change your settings: valid tty ports, modem initstring, Station-Id + +#define MODEM_INIT_STRING "AT &F S0=0 &D3 &K3 &C1\\\\N2" + +#define FAX_STATION_ID "49 30 12345678" + +#define FAX_MODEM_TTYS "ttyS1:ttyS2:ttyS3" + + Modem initstring is for rockwell based modems + if you want to use mgetty+sendfax as PPP-dialin-server, + define AUTO_PPP in Makefile: + +CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall -pipe -DAUTO_PPP + + compile it and install the package. + edit your /etc/inittab and let mgetty running on your preferred + ports: + +s3:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty ttyS2 vt100 + + now issue a + kill -HUP 1 + and enjoy with the lightning LEDs on your modem + your now are ready to receive faxes ! + + + if you want a PPP dialin-server, edit + /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config + +/AutoPPP/ - ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth debug passive modem + + + +Tools for printing faxes: +========================= + + your incomed faxes are in: + /var/spool/fax/incoming + + print it with: + + for i in * + do + g3cat $i | g3tolj | lpr -P hp + done + + g3cat is in the tools-section, g3tolj is in the contrib-section + for printing to HP lasers. + + + +Now making the fax-server: +=========================== + + fetch the file + mgetty+sendfax/frontends/winword/faxfilter + + and place it in + + /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/ + + prepare your faxspool file as mentioned in this file + /usr/local/bin/faxspool + + if [ "$user" = "root" -o "$user" = "fax" -o \ + "$user" = "lp" -o "$user" = "daemon" -o "$user" = "bin" ] + + make sure you have pbmtext (from the pbm-package). This is + needed for creaating the small header line on each page. + + make sure your ghostscript is functional. You need fonts ! + I prefer these from the OS/2 disks + + + prepare your faxheader + /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxheader + + + edit your /etc/printcap file: + +# FAX +lp3|fax:\ + :lp=/dev/null:\ + :sd=/usr/spool/lp3:\ + :if=/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxfilter:sh:sf:mx#0:\ + :lf=/usr/spool/lp3/fax-log: + + + + + edit your /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf + + so you have a smb based printer named "fax" + + + +The final step: +=============== + + Now you have a printer called "fax" which can be used via + TCP/IP-printing (lpd-system) or via SAMBA (windows printing). + + On every system you are able to produce postscript-files you + are ready to fax. + + On Windows 3.1 95 and NT: + + Install a printer wich produces postscript output, + e.g. apple laserwriter + + connect the "fax" to your printer + + + Now write your first fax. Use your favourite wordprocessor, + write, winword, notepad or whatever you want, and start + with the headerpage. + + Usually each fax has a header page. It carries your name, + your address, your phone/fax-number. + + It carries also the recipient, his address and his *** fax + number ***. Now here is the trick: + + Use the text: + Fax-Nr: 123456789 + as the recipients fax-number. Make sure this text does not + occur in regular text ! Make sure this text is not broken + by formatting information, e.g. format it as a single entity. + + The trick is that postscript output is human readable and + the faxfilter program scans the text for this pattern and + uses the found number as the fax-destination-number. + + Now print your fax through the fax-printer and it will be + queued for later transmission. Use faxrunq for sending the + queue out. + |