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<h1>Re: Fax-Scanner</h1>
<b>Cory Kempf</b> (<a href="mailto:ckempf@enigami.com"><i>ckempf@enigami.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>30 Jan 1999 12:54:48 -0500</i>
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<a href="mailto:Wolfgang.Kessler@t-online.de">Wolfgang.Kessler@t-online.de</a> (Wolfgang Kessler) writes:<br>
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<i>&gt; I am a new linux user with very small knoledges of linux. Bevor trying</i><br>
<i>&gt; to change my system I had some questions:</i><br>
<i>&gt; I have one linux-computer as an communication (internetsurfing),</i><br>
<i>&gt; printing a samba server for  four win95/98 computers.  Is it possible to</i><br>
<i>&gt; use this linux-server although for a scanner-server?</i><br>
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I use my FreeBSD box for essentially the same purpose.<br>
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The following script is on my machine in /usr/local/bin/scanfax:<br>
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	#! /bin/zsh<br>
	scanimage -d umax:/dev/pass4 --mode Lineart --resolution 200 \<br>
		  --threshold 85 | pbm2g3 &gt; /usr/fax/scan$$.g3<br>
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I also have set up a ghostscript 'laserwriter' that generates g3 files into /usr/fax.<br>
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So, I can print and scan stuff into /usr/fax, and when ready, I simply type:<br>
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	 sendfax -r -n /usr/fax/*.g3 &lt;phone number&gt; <br>
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<i>&gt; What happens during the scanning? Does this server loose the rest of his</i><br>
<i>&gt; functions?  Scanning under windows95/98 the computer is not able to do</i><br>
<i>&gt; anything other.</i><br>
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No.  Unlike Windows, Unix (Linux in your case) is a real operating system.<br>
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<i>&gt; Is it possible to use the scanner fixed to the linux-computer from my</i><br>
<i>&gt; windows clients?</i><br>
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You have Samba, scan into a samba shared directory.  Get an X server for<br>
your windows boxes, run xscanimage.  Alternatively, run telnet, and use the<br>
command line version.<br>
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+C<br>
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