for your faxing needs i'd recommend setting up a network fax server, and none can touch hylafax, http://www.hylafax.org. precompiled packages are ready to go for solaris and are avialable from blastwave.org and they work great, but then i may be a little biased since i'm the maintainer.
while setting up hylafax isn't trival it isn't really difficult. and seeing that this isn't the proper forum to discuss setting up a hylafax server i'll end my rant. > Hi Haresh > > Most customers with Sun Rays who need to use scanners and send faxes as > part of their work connect to networked scanners and fax software. > > I know of people happily using scanners attached to their local Sun > Rays, but you require open source components that are not supported by > Sun. > > An official response to what's needed is pasted below. > > If you can steer the customer towards networked scanners and fax > software, you'd be better off. > > Chris > >>>To make scanners work with Solaris, the open source libusb libraries >>> are required. These have been available and supported since Sun Ray >>> Server Software 3.0. They are now part of Solaris 10 and are fully >>> supported by Sun. >>> >>> To get scanners working however, you need to use open source software >>> such as SANE - http://www.sane-project.org/ and XSane - >>> http://www.xsane.org/. >>> >>> Sun do not officially support SANE, or any particular brand of >>> scanner, although various models are known to work. Any support would >>> be on a 'best effort' basis via informal channels to Sun. That might >>> change if a particular scanner company (Epson for example) decided to >>> support their scanners with Solaris and Sun Ray. >>> >>> > > Haresh Ahuja wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We need an solution for Scanning and faxing from a SUN Ray Thin Client. >> >> Will be glad to have the details. >> >> With regards >> >> Haresh Ahuja >> P.O.Box 29220, Sharjah, UAE >> Office: (++9716) 502-9121 >> Mobile: (++97150) 481-2204 >> Fax: (++9716) 502-9185 >> >> STRICTLY PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL. This email may contain confidential >> and proprietary material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any >> review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not >> the intended recipient please contact the sender and delete all copies. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > -- > Christopher Saul > Engagement Architect, Desktop & RFID > Sun Microsystems SEE > Mobile: +971 50 650 7041 > Office: +971 4 366 2634 > Ext: x12634 > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
