Open source IP to Fax software?

[Donald Leslie]

On 5/3/21 2:48 PM, Tom Buskey wrote:
> I remember FlexFAX / HylaFax on Irix back in the day.
>
> Nowadays, some internet service or the aforementioned 
> shipping/printing centers.
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 2:09 PM Bruce Labitt 
> <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net <mailto:bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 5/3/21 1:16 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > On Mon, May 3, 2021 1:01 pm, Bruce Labitt wrote:
>     >> Not sure if this is a unicorn or it is common.  A simple search
>     gave
>     >> ambiguous results.  I'm looking for some program that will send
>     a pdf
>     >> file to a remote FAX machine.  I don't have a fax machine
>     anymore.  I
>     >> don't have a fax modem.  It's hard to remember how long ago
>     that was
>     >> even a thing...
>     > Do you have a VOIP line?  If so, you can set up Asterisk to send
>     a Fax
>     > over SIP.  You do need to (manually) convert the PDF to a proper
>     TIFF file
>     > and then *that* gets sent.  I can give you more details if you
>     have the
>     > VOIP support, otherwise there's not much point in explaining the
>     configs
>     > and scripts.
>     >
>     >> I can solve this problem in a different way, but wondering if
>     there was
>     >> such a beast.  Thanks.
>     > -derek
>     >
>     Well technically, I'd think it was VOIP.  All my service comes over
>     fiber.  There's no POTS line to the house, just a single
>     non-conducting
>     fiber.
>
>     At the moment, this appears to be bigger PIA than necessary. I'll
>     just
>     toss the thing in the mail.  Yes, snail mail...  Oh well.
>
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I have an HP Office Jet Pro which has a phone port which I can connect 
to a port on my cable modem. It allows me to send and receive faxes 
without a problem. You have to first configure the printer for use as a fax.

Don Leslie

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