Re: html form to fax machine
Daniel Sherer (shererd@std.teradyne.com)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:11:17 -0700
Trevor Pool writes:
> people allways talk about sending the results of a form to an email message,
> does anyone know how to send the form results to a fax machine???
I know I've seen websites like Southwest Airlines that do that.
If you are using a Wintel system, you probably define a fax as a printer and
print to that device.
On Linux/Unix, you will still need some software to drive the fax/modem.
Experiment with the hardware/software you already have from the command line,
then move it into your Perl program.
A while back, there was an effort to use the internet itself as the transport
mechanism for faxing. Your "document" would travel through the net to a
transmission point within local dialling distance of the recipient, then be
delivered via conventional Fax/modem technology. If this, or part of it, is
still available, that would be another alternative.
Daniel