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Chapter 7

Demonstration Programs & Utilities


7.1 Introduction
Using Voice and Fax: caller 107
Using Voice and Fax: faxback 109
Receiving a Fax: nfxrecv 112
Sending a Fax: nfxsend 114
Verifying TIFF-F or TIFF-S Format: nfxcheck 116
Converting TIFF-F or TIFF-S Files: nfxcnvrt 117
Merging TIFF-F or TIFF-S Files: nfxmerge 119
Splitting TIFF-F or TIFF-S Files: nfxsplit 120
Converting ASCII Files: nfxtxttf 121

7.1 Introduction

This chapter describes the demonstration programs and standalone utilities provided with NaturalFax. Each program, when invoked from the command line without providing arguments, displays an example usage statement that describes the necessary arguments.

NaturalFax includes the following demonstration programs:
Name

Description

caller

Uses voice and fax functions to call a host system running faxback, then requests and receives a fax.

faxback

Uses voice and fax functions to receive a call, play a prompt menu, and respond to input by sending a fax to the caller.

nfxrecv

Receives a fax.

nfxsend

Sends a fax.

Source code is provided for nfxsend, nfxrecv, faxback, and caller.

Note: The simplest and most direct NaturalFax demonstration programs are nfxsend and nfxrecv. Use them for a quick demonstration of basic NaturalFax image transfer capabilities.

NaturalFax includes the following utilities:
Name

Description

nfxcheck

Verifies the specified file is in TIFF-F or TIFF-S format. Retrieves its page format attributes, number of lines per page, and bad line indications.

nfxcnvrt

Converts an input TIFF-F or TIFF-S file to an output TIFF-F or TIFF-S file with the specified attributes for encoding, resolution, page width, and bad line management.

nfxmerge

Merges multiple TIFF-F or TIFF-S input files into a single TIFF-F or TIFF-S output file.

nfxsplit

Splits a single TIFF-F or TIFF-S file into multiple TIFF-F or TIFF-S files.

nfxtxttf

Converts an ASCII text file to a TIFF-F or TIFF-S file.



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