[comp.periphs] Telefax coupled to a Unix machine

frans@phcisa.UUCP (Francois Staes) (02/17/89)

Hello,

I'm currently searching for a telefax which can be coupled to a Unix 
machine ( A Sun in particular ).

I would like to have the following functionality :

- Incoming faxes have to be sent to the local laser-writer printer
  instead of being printed on the normal thermal paper.

- Previewing of incoming faxes on the screen ( not really an important
  requirement since there exists postscript-previewers ).

- Texts from the normal tex-processors have to be sent away using the
  fax ( without first printing and scanning them ). In fact, it would
  be nice to feed the fax with postscript since all our tex-processing
  is printed on a postscript printer.

- Scanned images have to be faxed. ( Of course )

- It would be nice to be able to have OCR software which understands the
  scanned format ( and the format of incoming faxes ).

Is there any company which sells this stuff, or parts of it ?

Best regards,

Francois Staes
Nederlands Philips Bedrijven
PASS - AIT
HCM503
P.O. Box 218
NL - 5600 MD Eindhoven.
The Netherlands

Email : mcvax!phcisa!frans

emv@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (02/22/89)

Some discussion of fax equipment, including information about technical
specs, interfacing to unix systems, and a bunch of other stuff, is
going on in alt.fax.  You might check your back postings in that
group for more info.

I don't know if it makes it to Europe or not, though I hope it would.

--
Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan 

henkp@nikhefk.UUCP (Henk Peek) (02/25/89)

In article <951@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> emv@starbarlounge.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
>I don't know if it makes it to Europe or not, though I hope it would.
Yes, it makes Europe. This from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Henk Peek   ..!mcvax!nikhefk!henkp