html->ps->fax gateway

Ulf Zimmermann ulf at Alameda.net
Thu Apr 10 23:08:19 PDT 2003


On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:43:39AM +0800, Benny Chee wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 	i m trying to setup a fax gateway (using hylafax), we will convert from html to ps and then pass it on to hylafax to process.
>  
> 	the issue is, i have problems converting html to ps. i tried most of the html2ps convertors, eg htmldoc, html2ps. They dont give me proper formatting (tables, forms, frames, fonts, etc)  as i wanted. I had to resort to manual intervention, open my html in netscape/mozilla/opera and print to ps then pass it on to hylafax.
> 
> 	Q: is it possible to call netscape/mozilla/opera/others to print to ps without doing it manually?
> 

We are using htmldoc in a production system to send out fax notifications
about won auctions and transportation orders. Works well for us and
as far I know we are using tables.

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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