I'm using Gentoo Linux and I receive the following error message: "Filter "brfaxfilter" for printer "BRFAX" not available: No such file or directory" .
When you use BRFAX in a Gentoo Environment, make a symbolic link to
" /usr/libexec/cups/filter/brfaxfilter" after the driver installation.
Command example (no wrap):
# ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/brfaxfilter
/usr/libexec/cups/filter/brfaxfilter
I cannot find the section to enter the BRFAX command in my application.
After the driver installation, you will have a printer called "BRFAX." This printer is NOT used to print faxes directly. Instead, this printer is used by the " brpcfax" utility.
To actually send a fax, you must use the "brpcfax" utility to process your print jobs. Some programs (like the old Mozilla default installation) allow you to specify the print program, in which case you can specify "brpcfax" (in place of lpr for example).
This is NOT possible with most current applications including Firefox and Openoffice as distributed in popular distributions including SuSE 10.1.
To print to fax with SuSE 10.1, for example:
1)Use "Print to file" from your application to generate a postscript file.
2) Right-click the file and select "Open with" using the executable "SendAsFax"
command configured below.
Configure konqueror to have an option to Open postscript files with brpcfax
1. Open Konqueror.
2. Select "Settings" -> "Configure Konqueror".
3. Click "File Associations".
4. Type "ps" in the search box and select "Application" -> "Postscript" from
the list below.
5. Click "add" and type "brpcfax" then click OK.
6. Click the new "brpcfax" option and click "Edit".
7. Select the "Application" tab.
8. For the "Command:" line, enter: brpcfax -P BRFAX -o Paper=Letter
9. For the "Name:' enter: SendAsFax
10. Click OK to save
When I try to send a PC-FAX, the paper is printed out instead of sending the FAX.
This can happen when your printer port has the incorrect settings.
1) Open the CUPS web interface http://localhost:631/printers and click Modify printer next to the "BRFAX" printer entry.
2) Click Continue.
3) Set the port you are using. (USB, Network or Parallel)
4) Select Brother and then Brother BRMFCFAX for CUPS at Model/Driver for BRFAX section.
When using the PC-FAX feature, can you get the fax transmission report digitally?
The current driver does not support this feature.. But it is easy to remodel the driver to add the function, if you have knowledge of the Linux command and B-shell.
/usr/local/BrotherlpdfilterBRFAX is a program written in B-shell(BASH).
If the $result is NOT 0 and is lower than 50 at line 272 of this file, the sending of the FAX has been successful .
And if $result is another value ,the sending of the FAX has failed.
So you can insert the scripts as follows.
if [ "$result" = "0" ] || [ "$result" -gt "50" ];then
(please insert the script you want to do when
sending fax is complete successfully.)
else
(please insert the script you want to do when
sending fax is failed.)
fi
The name of the postscript file you sent is stored in $INPUT_TEMP_PS .
So you can get the PDF file of the image you send with the ps2pdf command.
You can publicly release the driver you remodeled under the GPL licence.
You do not need to notify Brother.
Are you going to develop a PC-FAX Send driver for the network?
The PC-FAX send driver is not dependent on the interface used, so you can use the current version of the PC-FAX send driver with a network connection..
If you cannot run the Brother PC-FAX send dialog box, install SUN JAVA or use the command below:
brpcfax o fax-number=0566-55-12345 psfile.ps
If you still have problems, we recommend that you reinstall both the LPR and CUPS Wrapper printer drivers and try printing.
