[KLUG Members] Looking for a fax/tiff viewer.

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
05 Mar 2003 16:00:17 -0500


> >I have someone who needs to view an attachment sent to them
> >which is a TIFF/fax file.  Most viewers only display the first
> >page of the document.
> 
> For Linux?  I haven't found one that doesn't suck.  I automatically convert
> faxes to PDF upon reciept.

What software do you use to convert tiff's to PDF?

The tiff I'm trying to find a viewer for, was attached to an email.

> >Can someone recommend a good Linux viewer for multi-page
> >tiff documents?
> 
> I've been meaning to try "pyla" but haven't had the chance.  Don't know if it
> contains a viewer.  "gfax" is a nice fax client, but again, no viewer.

The one Wes recommended looks pretty nice:

  http://qfaxreader.sourceforge.net/

At least it seems to work on the 10 page tiff I have.

Thanks Wes!  :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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