Izzy wrote a brilliant text. This helped me a lot.
It made it work for me the very first time.
Great!
Since I use a different setup (Ubuntu 17.10, V.90 - Modem, XFCE4) I want to share my results:
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- ** How To send a FAX with Libre Office, Ubuntu 17.10 ... 20.04 Ubuntu, XFCE4, Gnome Wayland, Unity **
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Send faxes directly from within LibreOffice.
** FAXe direkt aus Libre Office versenden mit Ubuntu 18.10, XFCE4 und unter anderen Versionen (diese Anleitung funktioniert und wird regelmaessig aktualisiert!)
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0) You have a modem installed (external via serial is most easy)
To find out if the modem is connected you may try
sudo dmesg | grep tty
and look for an answer like
[2.301047]: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
So here we see it actually is "ttyS0"
Tip:
COM1 = ttyS0
most Modems are connected to ttyS0; modern boards only have one COM1.
You can buy the connector from company "delock" if not provided
1) Install efax-gtk
efax-gtk comes with comprehensive help: F1 !
2) Open efax-gtk GUI from menue
3) Configure Settings.
Params: use default (init is: Z &FE&D2S7=120 &C0 M1L0)
Socket: Run server, defaults
Logging: A name allowed or a user - writable path
Page: choose A4
Setup OS
- Add printer:
Start GUI "system-config-printer"
New Printer
choose Enter URI
paste this:
socket://localhost:9900
Forward „Generic"
Forward „Raw Queue“
Forward choose name
and
finalise.
Check settings in
/etc/cups/printers.conf (might require sudo)
it should say something like
<Printer SockPrint>
UUID urn:uuid:9z8z3dbe-68b1-3891-5136-96f1cc4b3210
Info socket4FAX-print
Location
DeviceURI socket://localhost:9900
State Idle
StateTime 1519995207
ConfigTime 1519996041
Type 4
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
</Printer>
Does not do anything(??): /etc/efax-gtkrc
>>> for any explanation look into /usr/bin/fax (!)
>>> what device is used? COM2 means ttyS1
/etc/efax.rc
looks like this example:
DEV=ttyS0
FROM=" +49 3222 1111111"
NAME=" from Firstname Lastname "
SPKR="-iM2L3"
PAGE=a4
PAGE_a4="210x295mm"
efax-gtk
writes configs here:
$HOME/.efax-gtkrc, $sysconfdir/efax-gtkrc or /etc/efax-gtkrc (starts with home!)
5a) Start efax-gtk
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5b) Start LibreOffice
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a) Print to the new socket printer
b) Go to efax-gtk GUI, choose
Fax entry method: Socket
Klick „Socket list“
Rest should be obvious ;-)
Otherwise troubleshoot....
Nachtrag:
Damit die Faxfunktion systemseitig nach jedem reboot zur Verfügung gestellt wird, sollte man efax-gtk automatisch starten lassen.
Eine probate Methode ist der Eintrag efax-gtk -s im GUI Menue "Session and startup" (wie auch immer das in Deutsch übersetzt wird).
BRFAX
driver), and they've workind with OO/LO untilspadmin
got removed. Consider the end of those two pages the current state of my system. – Izzy May 26 '16 at 17:43spadmin
got removed from LO. Thanks nevertheless! – Izzy May 27 '16 at 20:15.ppd
file could solve that – but I'm not that familiar with hacking.ppd
files … – Izzy May 27 '16 at 22:00