Re: [hylafax-users] Adding Headers/Footers/Watermarks to inbounds ?

[Bill Binko <bill-sender-4b2fd6@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you!  I will give that a try.  I will still need to combine the two
PS files, but I think ps2pdfwr can do that.

Thanks again
Bill

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Chris Parsons
wrote:

> Have a look at the below link from the list archives. It should give you
> some hints of adding headers and footers to inbound faxes. It set up to add
> it to them just before printing, but shouldnt require much modification for
> your puposes. It adds date/time, faxID and pages / total pages. (all without
> the use of M-page)
>
> http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2003-02/msg00300.php
>
> I cant help you with the bordering problems. Is something set to a different
> page size? Anyway, I hope the above helps.
>
> And were on about 50,000 so we win!
>
>
>
> Chris Parsons
> InfoTec Communications.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bill Binko
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2004 1:49 PM
> To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [hylafax-users] Adding Headers/Footers/Watermarks to inbounds?
>
>
> Hi all,
> 	I my quest to manage these faxes better, I have come across a
> problem that I think should be easier than I'm finding it.
>
> 	I need to put either a header, a footer, or a watermark on each
> page of a recieved fax along with a coverpage (generated on the receiving
> end) with date/caller, etc info on it.  The only info that I NEED on each
> page it is the fax id (that is, the number used to create the
> "fax#####.tiff" filename).  Other info would be nice (CID name and
> recieved date).
>
> (As a side note, I just noticed that we are on id number 11793 after one
> year of 3 modems in a server :)  Thanks for the excellent software!)
>
> 	I have tried several approaches to this.  Most recently, I have
> generated the cover using enscript and then tried to use mpage to put that
> file along with the pages from the TIFF into a PS file with a header.  I
> have had moderate success.
>
> Here's the chain of pipes (temporary files are actually used in some
> places):
>
> #first, we generate a cover page
> Text Info (CID, etc) -> enscript -> PS Cover Page -> /tmp/coverfile.$$
>
> #then we convert the TIFF to PS
> Fax -> Hylafax -> TIFF -> tiff2ps -> PS Fax Pages -> /tmp/faxfile.$$
>
> #mpage lets us combine them (using -1 for one per sheet) with headers
>
> coverfile + faxfile + header info
>             -> mpage -> PS doc with header -> ps2pdf -> Mail + Archive.
>
> The problem is that no matter how I tweak this chain, I either get margins
> clipped (via tiff2ps I think), or shrinkage of the page by about 10% (if I
> use fax2ps).  I have also seen watermarks under the white image and many
> other combinations of bad results.
>
> Should I just be doing this while it's a tiff?  Is there a tool I'm
> missing?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Bill
>
>
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