Re: [hylafax-users] Printing issues with hylafax.

[Adam Ashenfelter <aashenfe@plaind.com>]

Hi,
   I hope this works for you.   I modified it to use the mpage program.  Mpage 
is probably installed on RedHat 8.0 already.  If not, install it from the 
RPM.  

I use the following in place of your one line from below

$TIFF2PS -a -h 11 -w 8.5 -O $FILE.ps $FILE 2>/dev/null 

$MPAGE -1 -P$PRINTER -X"FAX ID: c$COMMID    SENDER: $SENDER DATE: `date`" 
$FILE.ps 2>/dev/null

$RM -f $FILE.ps 2>/dev/null

I use -h and -w with TIFF2PS to scale to letter.  Some fax machines send at a 
different size.

The mpage program by default adds a border and margins.  Pages are never cut 
off anymore. We use the -X option to add info at the top of the page.  I'm 
sure you could change it around to print exactly what you want at the top.

Also I would double check that your print command is in the correct place in 
the file.   I send and e-mail, and print, so I put the print commands right 
after the section that sends the e-mail.  Also $TIFF2PS and $MPAGE are set to 
the command names at the begining of the file.

TIFF2PS=tiff2ps
MPAGE=mpage

Hope this Helps.
Adam A.


On Fri July 25 2003 2:25 pm, Susan Parker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using HylaFAX (v4.1.5 under Linux RedHat 8.0 with
> gcc-3.2-7 and libtiff-3.5.7-7) in a fax-receive only
> environment. As there is a large volume of incoming
> faxes, i installed Comtrol Rockport Six Port Modem so
> that i could connect six incoming lines.
>
> I wanted the faxes to be printed automatically after
> they are received in the /var/spool/hylafax/recvq. So
> i added this line
> -----cut-------
> /usr/bin/tiff2ps -a2 $1 | lpr -P $PRINTER
> ------cut------
>
> There seems to be a couple of issues with the printing
> of  the received faxes.
>
> 1. Some faxes dont get printed even though they have
> been received in the recvq.I checked their sizes to
> see if they have been really huge files, but most of
> them seem to be around 30K. So i dont think size is
> the issue here. Is there something i missed out and i
> need to check for all the files in the recvq to be
> printed.
>
> 2. All of my faxes in the recvq seem to be having
> header information such as the senders fone number,
> date, time etc...But when they get printed, i guess
> they fall in the deadzone of the printer and get cut
> out...So i tried out the fax2ps -S so that the output
> will be scaled and probably have the header
> information..But fax2ps printouts too dont carry any
> sender info..
>
> Will really appreciate any help,
>
> Thanks So much for your patience and thanks in
> advance,
>
> Susy.
>
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