>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Terry> I'm using efax to send images to fax machines, i.e. send
Terry> faxes. This works fine so long as I scan (xsane) the full
Terry> scanner field. If I set the scanner to select only an A4 image
Terry> size, or zoom in, then efax pops up that the error "PBM width
Terry> must be a multiple of 8". I'm using a PNM image format to save
Terry> under xsane, but I have no idea of what this means.

Multiple of 8 pixels.  Xsane should tell you how wide (in pixels) the
scane is; just adjust it to a multiple of 8.

Or maybe postprocess with pnmcut to force a multiple of 8.
If you scan at 196 dpi, (and there's notmuch point in scanning at
anything else, for fax) then 
   pnmcut -left 0 -width 1620 < image.pnm > faxable-image.pnm
should be about right (corresponds to an image width of 210mm, near
enough)

Or if your image is already smaller than that, reduce the `1620' by
multiples of 8.

Peter C
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