[Asterisk-Users] fax receive using TDM400P

[Thomas Artner]

Am Saturday 25 February 2006 22:59 schrieb Anton Krall:
> I cant get faxes right now with tdm, something is wrong but, what do I need
> to have in order to convert from tiff to pdf?
>
> I have the mailfax script that invokes tif2ps and ps2pdf but pages come out
> blank..
>


I do the following:

exten => fax,1,Set(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk-fax/${UNIQUEID})
exten => fax,2,rxfax(${FAXFILE})
exten => fax,3,system(tiff2pdf ${FAXFILE} > ${FAXFILE}.pdf)
exten => fax,4,system(mpack -s "received Fax" -c application/octet-stream 
${FAXFILE}.pdf receiver at domain.com)




tom

> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> |[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> |Thomas Artner
> |Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:47 PM
> |To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> |Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] fax receive using TDM400P
> |
> |Am Saturday 25 February 2006 19:38 schrieb Steve Underwood:
> |> Cosmin Prund wrote:
> |> >I've noticed some other odd thing with rxfax. In my case I can
> |> >receive  faxes (using TDM400P) just fine. I can only see
> |
> |those faxes
> |
> |> >using Windows  XP's "Fax and Picture" thingy, other
> |
> |applications are having trouble.
> |
> |> > Also printing those faxes is a bit odd: the preview is
> |
> |just fine but
> |
> |> >I  always need to specify "landscape" printing for
> |
> |"portrait" faxes.
> |
> |> >If I  print an "portrait" fax using "potrait" setting the fax is
> |> >actually  printed landscape, shrinked on it's vertical
> |
> |dimension and
> |
> |> >widend on it's  horizantal dimension. Really funny! I don't know if
> |> >this is a problem  with the viewer application or with the
> |
> |tiff file itself...
> |
> |> Its the viewers. A large number of TIFF viewers are badly
> |
> |broken. Some
> |
> |> only show the first page. Some do not obey the standard/fine
> |> resolution things properly, and get things very squashed.
> |
> |i think the better way is to convert the tiff to pdf before
> |sending the file to the enduser!
> |
> |
> |
> |tom
> |
> |> Steve
> |>
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