using a "webfax" via kprinter?

[Goffioul Michael]

Hi,

What you describe below is the kind of extension that should
be completely doable using KDEPrint pseudo-printer mechanism
(like it is done for instance for PDF generation).
What you need is 2 things:
- an executable that performs the wanted operation, including:
	. converting the input format to TIFF
	. use a mail client to send the mail
  you can implement this in a script, and make it configurable
  such that it can read various parameters from the command
  line, such as the fax number and the domain name
- an XML file describing the pseudo-printer, as well as the
  command option for the fax number and the domain name (those
  options will be accessible in the printer properties dialog)
  for an example, see $KDEDIR/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/ps2pdf.xml
  Such an XMl file can be constructed with the GUI provided by
  KDEPrint, look in the KDEPrint Settings dialog -> "Filter"
  section

Note finally that when defining your pseudo-printer, you can
could application/x-tiff (or whatever the correct mimetype is)
as input format. Doing this, you would partially leave the
TIFF conversion to KDEPrint. Indeed, you then only need to
provide a PS->TIFF conversion tool and integrate it as a new
filter: KDEPrint will compute automatically the any->PS filter
for you.


Michael.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:b_a_b_a at excite.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 18:18
> To: kde-print at kde.org
> Subject: using a "webfax" via kprinter?
[snip]
> so the structure would be:
> apllication -> 
> print -> 
> kprinter ->
> print to "webfax" 
> -> enter faxnumber
> -> convert ps to tiff (g3-compatible)
> -> use mailapplication to send (in background) the fax
> -> use the faxnumer given above as the "left part" of the 
> receiver-emailaddress (faxnumerofreceiver at fax.provider.de)
> -> this "right part" (subdomain.domain) should be saved in 
> the preferences