mgetty fails at end of page

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Hi,

Richard George wrote:
> I´ve looked through the FAQ I got with the mgetty distribution and I
> looked in the documentation that comes with it but I can not find the
> answer to the small problem I have when I use sendfax. Basically the
> program fails at the end of the first page with +FHS:54 for one page
> faxed and +FHS:52 for multiple pages only one page sent). 

That's pretty well documented in the "common problems and solutions"
section of mgetty.info / http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/mgetty_toc.html

> I have
> attached the (slightly edited) log below. I created the g3 file using gv
> 3.5.8 with the DEVICE faxg3.
> 
> Can anyone give me a helping leg up? 

Make sure that the G3 file is exactly 1728 columns wide (e.g. by piping
the resulting G3 file through g3cat before sending).

gert
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