Marvin:
I have downloaded efax and efax-gtk. When I send a fax w/ efax, I get
the following --
GPL Ghostscript 8.64: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Not valid postscript file
Is this part of the problem?
TIA,
Bill Lowther
Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
>
> RE: if the specific Agere 620 driver supports FAXing
> -----------------------------
> From
> http://www.lsi.com/networking_home/networking_products/modem_chip_sets/pc_modems/sv92pp/index.html?locale=EN&remote=1
> V.92 soft modem chip set solution is for the PCI applications. The LSI
> SV92PP chip set is a two-chip solution consisting of an LSI SV92PP PCI
> interface and a CSP1040 silicon DAA. It supports V.92/V.90/V.34 data
> and FAX rates up to 14.4 kbits/s. The SV92PP is an interface device
> with the memory required for receiving, transmitting, and buffering
> data sent between the host system (soft modem stack) and the DAA or
> line codec.
> ------------
> My expectation is that this well also be true for Linux.
>
> MarvS
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Jacques Goldberg
> <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> MARV PLEASE: does Bill's Agere 5620 modem support faxing?
>>
>> Bill:
>> It is becoming possible although still expensive to use services over
>> your
>> DSL link such as outlined in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fax
>>
>> At the same time, it is very simple to FAX out from your computer using
>> an
>> analog modem such as your Agere modem with FAX software such as efax
>> which
>> you can download from many places such as
>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters/efax.zip
>> In such a scheme there is absolutely NO interaction between your Internet
>> connection via DSL and EFAXing with the Agere modem.
>>
>> The only caveat is that I do not know if the specific Agere 620 driver
>> supports FAXing.
>> Marv will tell you.
>>
>> My own way to do what you wish to is:
>> -Internet via DSL
>> -FAX out using the FAX function of my C7183 All-in-one HP printer.
>> -Phone company FAX phone box which forwards incominf FAXes to my computer
>> embedded in a mail message.
>>
>> Jacques
>> Jacques
>>
>> A4Skyhawk wrote:
>>
>>> Jacques:
>>> I'm sorry for the confusion - I am not experienced w/ the workings
>>> of
>>> a
>>> fax program from the computer. So, I am probably not explaing myself
>>> too
>>> well. I'll start from the beginning -
>>> My previous computer had Win XP, a USR 5660A modem for faxing, and a
>>> BSRP
>>> "PhoneTools" program. My ISP was Verizon, via DSL (not dial-up). I
>>> don't
>>> remember how PhoneTools was setup for faxing. I recently upgraded to
>>> this
>>> computer - an eMachine w/ Vista Home Basic, which does not support
>>> faxing.
>>> Verizon is still the ISP, via DSL, and I would like to be able to fax
>>> from
>>> the computer as I did before. The modem that came w/ Vista, as shown in
>>> the
>>> ModemData report, is the Agere Systems Device 0620.
>>> How do I fax from this computer w/ this equipment?
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jacques Goldberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> A4Skyhawk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacques:
>>>>> I have DSL, so I don't need to dial a number to get to the ISP for an
>>>>> internet connection. Do I need to create another (dial-up) connection
>>>>> for
>>>>> fax service?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry Bill but this time I am lost.
>>>> If you have DSL, what would you need another connection for?
>>>> What would you need wvdial for if you do not need an Analog Modem, not
>>>> a
>>>> DSL, Internet connection?
>>>> Or is it perhaps that you want:
>>>> a- your DSL connection to connect to the Internet for mail, surfing,
>>>> etc... , and
>>>> b-the ability to use a FAX machine using an other modem, of type Analog
>>>> (dial up) and not DSL?
>>>>
>>>> If this is indeed what you want, an Internet (wvdial) connection using
>>>> an
>>>> analog (dialup) modem is definitely hopeless to send FAXes !
>>>>
>>>> Please explain what you want to do and what is then the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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