Gabriel Sechan wrote:
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.
Well, I'm *still* not understanding. How does the scanned image get to
the email account, clairevoyance?
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.
Well, that covers the fax part of "all-in-one". But what about scanner
and printer? I'm assuming the printer portion is a no brainer. But how
can a person get a scanned image into the attached PC?
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