Re: [hylafax-users] Questions about Hylafax install & machine speed

[Aivils Stoss <aivils@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Ceturtdiena, 15. Jūnijs 2006 17:56, John Hudak wrote:
> Hello:
> Thank you for the reply...a followup question, if you don't mind...
> "issue is if the server is going to be doing the document conversion
> from format X to tiff/fax."
>
> I haven't worked with hyla so forgive me if this is an incorrect
> perception (altho I have read through the manual & FAQs online as well
> as some of the client descriptions)...So if I use the client to send a
> 20 page MSWord document to the server, the server performs a
> transformation to tiff/fax format. Would you say the conversion would
> take 2-3 minutes? 5-10 minutes? more? with the 233 mhz machine?  (I also
> presume that if the conversion process is preempted by a incoming fax,
> the outgoing service will resume and successfully complete after the
> incoming fax is received?).

Wow! Do You have translation software under *nix ?
Probably OpenOffice will do this, but i am not sure.

> Is it possible to have the client do the transformation, or another
> program on one of the client PCs, and send the faxible image to the server?

Typicaly client run necessary application, which print document to PostScript 
file. That file will be send to faxserver. For MS-doc client opens MsWord
and performs printing operation. Unfortunately i don't know any hylafax client
with this feature.

Aivils Stoss

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