Re: [hylafax-users] MAC OS X Client - using a print driver

["Tom Rymes" <trymes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This response is true, it is easier to accomplish this outside of
HylaFAX....if you are the one who has to put it into HylaFAX. (And
THANKS GUYS!!!! For putting everything that you have into the
program!!!!!!) However, I do have to say that the client end of HF is
definitely a low point. There are a number out there, some are good,
others are less so, and it just seems overly complicated. A built-in
hook to the print system would be killer, allowing any system to print
via, say, lpd or even samba using a PS driver. Talk about killer. 

Even just a pre-packaged e-mail to fax setup would be nice. I am still
trying to get around to trying to implement what was talked about a few
weeks back to see if I can get it to work. Sure, I can hack something
together, but sysadmin work isn't my main responsibility around here,
and why reinvent the wheel if others have already done it and
(hopefully) could easily package it for the rest of us to use?
(obviously the "easily" part there is key)

Tom

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[mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:22 AM
To: hylafax
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] MAC OS X Client - using a print driver


steve birtles wrote:

> don't we all ( those that use osx)
> 
> hay haylafax  programmers, how bout getting hylafax to setup a process
> that looks like an ordinary print server!!, so we can all just print
to 
> hylafax.
> 


 Seeing as OS X is *BSD based, there is nothing to stop you setting up
Samba, and using something like SambaFax.

http://www.purpel3.nl/sambafax/

 Or, there are enough utilities for *nix for you to wite your own print
spool script, and do the conversions before passing the documents to
sendfax.

 The 'feature request' is something that is easier, and more extensible,
to handle outside of HylaFAX itself.

Matt

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