Re: [hylafax-users] getting started

[Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com>]

On 2002.05.10 14:56 Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm about to take a plunge and try hylafax.
> 
> I was hoping someone w/experience could give me a push in the right 
> direction.
> 
> 1) I dont even have a modem on my linux box.  I checked all the 
> 'recommended' modems from the docs on pricewatch, and they're either not 
> there, or $120.  This is just an experiment to me, so if someone could 
> recommend a cheap modem that works well that would be great.  (doesn't 
> have to be one of those $4 modems, but i can't really afford $120 to 
> play with right now :/ )

Almost any hardware modem will do.  Get one that supports both Class 1 and 
Class 2 and 2D in Class2.  That won't likely be printed on the box, 
though, so just look for Class 1 and Class 2.  
> 2) I understand that hylafax only really accepts ps and tiff files.  
> Thats fine.  I'm wondering which is more preferable though. I can't 
> figure this out from the docs or the archives. If this works out, i'm 
> probably just going to print text under some header graphic using python 
> -- so i could go either way without much trouble.

Unless you're going to format the TIFF into the correct format (TIFF/F, 
monochrome, etc) you'll be better off with Postscript to avoid tiff2ps.

Lee.

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