I can't vouch for the image quality personally, but I have yet to hear of any complaints regarding quality from the end users.
Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Boehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Alternatives to SpanDSP?? > Damn. I'm using spandsp0.0.2pre15 and asterisk 1.0.7 with a single span card > (US PRI) and I can get it to work about 85% of the time on a single 1 paged > fax. I count a failed fax if any of the tiff images don't look like the > original. > > I tried sending thru a 15 page fax. All 15 pages were received in the tiff > image, but every 2 or 3 pages, it would seem as if the image skipped an > inch. So instead of being 8.5 x 11, it was 8.5 x 10 (or 9). > > -Matthew > > > > From: Craig Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:51:22 +0800 > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Alternatives to SpanDSP?? > > > > I agree with Steve on this, am piloting Spandsp 0.0.2pre15 on asterisk 1.0.7 > > with a TE405p, euroisdn. Fedora Core 2, kernel 2.6.9. Running on an old > > Dell Optiplex desktop PIII 450mhz with 256mb ram. Takes on average 350 > > faxes / day with just under 1% failed faxes. I define a failed fax as one > > with a filesize of 8bytes or won't render to pdf. On the strength of the > > pilot I am planning to install it to production at another site that takes > > approx 800 faxes per day. > > > > Craig > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Alternatives to SpanDSP?? > > > > > >> Why would you expect a bunch of fax modems to work any better than > >> spandsp? If spandsp doesn't work reliably your system is very likely > > broken. > >> > >> I have had hundreds of complaints about spandsp reliability. I have > >> analysed at least 50 or 60 audio logs. I have found maybe 5 or 6 which > >> has real spandsp problems. The rest had frame slips. Of the 5 or 6 with > >> real problems, most have been fixed in the latest version. I have one > >> weird audio log from a new HP combination printer and fax machine that i > >> haven't sorted out yet. These HP machines really are total crap. I have > >> workarounds in spandsp for several blatently wrong things they do. I > >> don't yet know who is at fault with this latest problem. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Steve > >> > >> > >> Jeremy Melanson wrote: > >> > >>> More like, I already have enough Digium cards, and I don't want purchase > >>> a bunch of fax/modems and more Digium cards than I alrady have. > >>> I have a PRI line that I'd like to support high-volume faxing on. I've > >>> gotten SpanDSP to work with * over the PRI, but I need a more > >>> reliability. > >>> That, and I guess I'm probably just being cheap too :-) > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> Jeremy > >>> > >>> On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 13:15 -0500, Anton Krall wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Maybe I started the day slow :) but let me see if I undertood correctly. > >>>> > >>>> You say that you don't want to rely on having to buy Digums or any other > >>>> type of cards in oder to tie everything into spandsp and * but you would > >>>> rather have dedicated PSTN lines with faxes on them? > >>>> > >>>> |-----Original Message----- > >>>> |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> | > >>>> |I guess I didn't word this right. > >>>> |It's not that SpanDSP ties up extensions, as it definitely > >>>> |doesn't. I was more referring to the standard hardware-based > >>>> |solutions out there that need to have a dedicated line for an > >>>> |incoming fax. I need the ability to send and receive faxes > >>>> |with a good amount of reliability, and would love to integrate > >>>> |it with Asterisk. I'm just not keen on needing to buy a bunch > >>>> |of Digium TDM cards just to support such a solution. > >>>> | > >>>> |Don't get me wrong, SpanDSP is great! I'm just looking for > >>>> |something a little more "enterprise-ready". > >>>> | > >>>> |On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 12:07 -0500, Eric Wieling aka ManxPower wrote: > >>>> |> I wasn't aware that SpanDSP tied up a bunch of extensions. > >>>> |> > >>>> |> Jeremy Melanson wrote: > >>>> |> > I'm trying to see if anyone knows of an alternative solution, > >>>> |> commercial or non-commercial, to SpanDSP. I'm specifically looking > >>>> |for another software-based, DSP fax that doesn't require me to add a > > tie up a > >>>> |> > bunch of extensions on my PBX. > >>>> |> > > >>>> |> > Has anyone ever seen such an animal, or gotten such it to play nice > >>>> |> > with Asterisk? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >>> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
