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diff --git a/kfax/NOTES b/kfax/NOTES new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9a3c70b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/kfax/NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ + +Drag and Drop +Net Drag and Drop + +kfax can display all fax output modes of ghostscript: +raw: fag3 faxg32d faxg4 +tiff: tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 + +By default raw fax files are interpreted as g3 files. If you want +to display faxg3-2d and faxg4 files you have to specifiy this on +the command line and in the case of raw g4 files also specify +the height in scan lines of the fax if it differs from the +default 2155. + +A raw file will have no pagignation information and will be displayed +as a whole in the fax window. +tiff files contain pagination information can be paged through in the +fax window + +kfax can not display image file formats which are not related to +faxing, such as an arbitrary tiff or gif file. + + +How to create fax file that sendfax /mgetty can accept and send: +gs -sDEVICE=faxg3 -sOutputFile=/tmp/fax.g3.%d yourdocument.ps + +Assume that you ps document yourdocumnet.ps contains three pages, +this will produce fax.g3.1 fax.g3.2 fax.g3.3 + + +HylaFAX: +http://info-sys.home.vix.com/flexfax/toc.html + +sendfax/mgetty: +http://www.leo.org/~doering/mgetty/ + +cat fax.g3 | g32pbm | pnmtops -noturn > output.ps + + + +How to print raw " no tiff " g3 fax data: + + + +fax2tiff -M viewfax.g3 -o viewfax.tiff +(M for: Treat input data as having bits filled from most + significant bit (MSB) to most least bit (LSB)) +This is what I need on my intel machine, I would presume this +might be different on a Sun station. |