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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fax integration into KDE print system
From:       Michael Goffioul <goffioul () imec ! be>
Date:       2001-05-07 7:46:33
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> Hi Matthias,
> 
> > is this really necessary? At least when using CUPS, it is sufficient to
> > just set up the fax as another printer, and you can send faxes from any
> > application that allows to print via CUPS, no matter if it is a KDE
> > application or not.
> 
> Yes, it is...
> 
> You should remember that there are still distributions that do not include
> CUPS out of the box (like Redhat, Debian, Slackware), and other OS's (*BSD,
> Solaris, SCO Unix, HP, AIX, etc..)
> 
> So IMHO, I think it's necessary...

This is also my opinion. CUPS is not the only system available, and other
systems will probably continue to be used for a long time. Moreover, I don't
know all fax solutions for CUPS, but the one I know (fax4CUPS) is not user-
friendly at all. You have to specify the phone number as job name, and with
the modifications I introduced, you can now specify it as a normal driver
option. But this is still not natural. Having a separate fax sending program
with nice GUI will be much more usable as well as flexible (can support various
fax systems).

Finally the way I implemented it is generic, it is not fax-oriented (see previous
mail on this list) and can serve many other purposes, like PDF writing.

Bye.
Michael.


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