Users Guide
Users Guide
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TkFax is a graphical user interface of the fax programs, mgetty+sendfax, efax, or hylafax, on the POSIX (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.). TkFax is the aid of making cover pages, converting text, postscripts, or image files into fax pages, and scanning documents with TkScan (if you have a scanner). This program is enhansed version from the original tkscanfax-0.91.
Select the tenplate from 'English', 'Japanese'(*), 'Aux'(*).
This button places at the top right in the Page Manipulation group.
Then, click 'Cover'. Making Fax cover page window will appear.
See the Help in the Making Fax cover page window. Edit the entries.
Click 'Complete'. The cover page will be automatically created.
After a few second, you can find the name such as 'cvr01234.001.g3'
in the Page List.
You can check the page by double clicking this name or use 'View'.
*) You can use 'Japanese' only when your system can treat Japanese.
*) Prepare the TeX macro for 'Aux' by name 'covermacro-aux.tex'
at the directory, usually at '/usr/local/lib/tkscanfax1/tex'(system)
or at '~/.tkfax1/tex'(user).
If you are familiar with TeX, you can customize the file 'covermacro-??.tex' at the system directory, usually at '/usr/local/lib/tkscanfax1/tex' or copy it in the user directory, '~/.tkfax1/tex'.
Click 'File', select the file you want to attach. Sometime you must
also select the type of the file.
You can select multiple files at a time. Try dragging, Shift-key+clicking,
Ctrl-key+clicking, and see how the actions effect.
Click 'Attach'. The page will be created and add on the Page List.
Click 'Scan'. The TkScan window will appear.
See the Help in the TkScan window.
Select the file name in the Page List and click 'View',
the fax viewer will be launched. Or simply double-click the file name.
Click 'View All' to see all the pages listed in the Page List
if your viewer supports this function. Kfax supports 'View All'.
Check the page order. Use Up and Down to change the order. You can 'Delete' pages you do not want to send.
(1) Fill the fax 'Number' and the 'Recipient' at Dialing & Queuing.
(2) You can 'Regist' the 'Number' and the 'Recipient'
to be registered in the Phone Book for the later use.
(3) Click 'SEND' to send the fax pages on the Page List.
If you have a phone connected with the modem and use the phone in dialing, skip the process (1)to(2). Confirm the receiver ready and just click 'SEND'. Then put down the handset.
If you have already recieved a call by the phone and the line connected, you can click 'SEND' to send fax. Put down the handset.
If you check the 'Fax Spool' box on, the fax data will be handed to the spooler and sent in the background. You can check the status with looking up the 'Fax Outgoing'.
If you like to use 'Fax Spool' function with efax, you need efax-0.9a001114a6 or later, and to see the documents.
Click 'Phone Book' on the TkFax main window. The Phone Book window will appear.
See the Phone Book Help.
You need settings to work the spooling if you use 'efax' as the fax agent. See 'SENDING FAXES USING THE PRINT SPOOLER' section of 'man efax'. We recommend 'efax' with 'efax-spooling.patch'. Otherwise, Fax Received and Fax Outgoing Directory should be the same as the Fax Directory.
Check the Fax Spool 'Spooling' to enable this function. In this mode, terminal window does not apear when you click 'SEND' button. Faxes are put in the 'Fax Outgoing' box, and sent automatically by the background program. You need not wait until the sending action finished in this mode.
Dialing is retried if the line was busy. The interval and how many times of retrying is set by /etc/efax.rc. A mail will be sent to the user when the sending job is completed and when failed after the max times of retry.
Sending jobs in the queue can be look up by clicking the 'Fax Outgoing' button.
Use 'Delete' button after selecting jobs to abort sending, .
The 'Fax Outgoing' box can also manipulate any fax jobs using the print spooler
other than by TkFax.
The headers in fax queue window does not properly indicate in case using efax.
NOTE: Settings in ~/.efaxrc do not affect in this mode.
'Recieve' button appeares only when you use 'efax' as the fax agent.
A phone to be connected with the modem.
When you have a fax call and the bell of the phone ringing,
click 'RECEIVE' on the main panel.
The modem will hook up, receive the fax, and automatically hook down.
Ask the receiver to be ready. Confirm the tone of the fax machine.
Click 'RECEIVE' on the main panel. Put down the handset.
Dial up with the phone. Confirm the sender ready.
Click 'RECEIVE' on the main panel. Put down the handset.
Click 'Fax Received'. The Fax Received window will appear.
Select faxes from the Received Fax List and click the command.
You can View, Save, Print, Delete, or Attach.
The 'Attach' command makes a copy of the fax page in the Page List
on the main panel so that you can pass this copy to another recipients.
Do not hesitate to contact us. Please e-mail to: tkscanfax <shino@pos.to>
The supporting page at the URL: http://shino.pos.to/linux/tkscanfax.html
TkFax enhansed versions are to work with efax, that supports Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modems.
These versions can treat Japanese characters and potentially allows any languages
if you prepare the enviroments properly.
GUI in this version is extended including making cover page and configuring the
settings.
Some new scanner drivers added in this version.
Documantations prepared and maintained.
TkFax 1.1.x supports sendfax, efax and hylafax. And more features.
Jan 2003 version 1.1.0