From: Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OK...
It sounds like you're saying that the all-in-one fires off an email (with
attachment) thru the usb straight to the computer which must be set up to
know how to handle email from such a source. Right?
Then how does the "fax" machine on the other end get the fax? I don't
think a fax machine has the capability to deal with email. Does Linux have
a program that can convert the attached image to a fax and then access the
modem, dial up the fax machine, and fax the image?
Then the (person at the) fax machine wants to send a fax back. Linux will
answer the phone and receive the fax? And I'm guessing that I can choose
whether or not I want to print it.
Can Linux act as both a receiving fax machine and an answering machine?
You're misunderstanding. Some all in ones allow you to scan, and send the
resulting jpeg to an email account, rather than to the computer via USB.
One of these models will have working scanning under Linux even if the
driver does not have working Linux support, since all it needs is an email
account to send to.
Typically with an all in one, you have it plugged directly into a phone
line. So it answers and sends fax like a normal fax machine. It
automaticly prints out incoming faxes. Outgoing faxes you stick in the
scanner, type in the number and hit fax.
Gabe
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