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Two things
I have seen on TV where you can scan a check with your smart phone and
send it to the bank for a direct deposit. I called Wells Fargo to see
if I could just fax a check to have it deposited. The bank said no.
She said that a phone has an added tracking measure.

I get blood labs done. The hospital refuses to email me the results.
They have to print the labs and then fax them to me. It is not a very
big deal, but since my fax is on the same number as voice it is a
little inconvenient.

I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:45:00 -0400, Metspitzer wrote:

> Two things
> I have seen on TV where you can scan a check with your smart phone and
> send it to the bank for a direct deposit. I called Wells Fargo to see
> if I could just fax a check to have it deposited. The bank said no.
> She said that a phone has an added tracking measure.
>
> I get blood labs done. The hospital refuses to email me the results.
> They have to print the labs and then fax them to me. It is not a very
> big deal, but since my fax is on the same number as voice it is a
> little inconvenient.
>
> I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
> securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
> there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.

The hospital is more likely than anyone here to be able to answer that,
if you can find the right person to ask (which is probably not a trivial
exercise).

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:57:29 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-> wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:45:00 -0400, Metspitzer wrote:
>
>> Two things
>> I have seen on TV where you can scan a check with your smart phone and
>> send it to the bank for a direct deposit. I called Wells Fargo to see
>> if I could just fax a check to have it deposited. The bank said no.
>> She said that a phone has an added tracking measure.
>>
>> I get blood labs done. The hospital refuses to email me the results.
>> They have to print the labs and then fax them to me. It is not a very
>> big deal, but since my fax is on the same number as voice it is a
>> little inconvenient.
>>
>> I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
>> securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
>> there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.
>
>The hospital is more likely than anyone here to be able to answer that,
>if you can find the right person to ask (which is probably not a trivial
>exercise).

That would be another useful feature for a smart phone. Receive fax.

My fax machine is supposed to be able to tell voice from fax, but I
have never been able to get that to work right and I have had more
than one multifunction printer.

Metspitzer <> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:57:29 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"

<snip>

get an eFax Free number and receive FAXs attached to an email.

See: http://www.efax.com/efax-free

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:54:34 +0000 (UTC), Zaidy036
<> wrote:

>Metspitzer <> wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:57:29 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
>
><snip>
>
>get an eFax Free number and receive FAXs attached to an email.
>
>See: http://www.efax.com/efax-free

I may give that a try.
Thanks

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:45:00 -0400, Metspitzer
<> wrote:

>Two things
>I have seen on TV where you can scan a check with your smart phone and
>send it to the bank for a direct deposit. I called Wells Fargo to see
>if I could just fax a check to have it deposited. The bank said no.
>She said that a phone has an added tracking measure.
>
>I get blood labs done. The hospital refuses to email me the results.
>They have to print the labs and then fax them to me. It is not a very
>big deal, but since my fax is on the same number as voice it is a
>little inconvenient.
>
>I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
>securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
>there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.

Just give them the number and don't say anything more. Tell them that
is your fax number and you still have the same voice number.

On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:03:42 -0400, Allen Drake wrote
(in article <>):

>> I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
>> securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
>> there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.
>
> Just give them the number and don't say anything more. Tell them that
> is your fax number and you still have the same voice number.

I think the problem is that he needs to be by the fax machine when the
transmission is made, to switch to fax-receive mode. Not practical if you
don't know when the fax is coming.

--
Joey from New York
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find*no common denominator,
but among those*whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
* *-- WH Auden

On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:15:17 -0400, Joe from NY wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:03:42 -0400, Allen Drake wrote
> (in article <>):
>
>>> I don't have a smart phone, but my nephew does. Could the hospital
>>> securely send my labs to my nephews phone? If this was possible, then
>>> there would be no need to have to be ready for a fax to get my labs.
>>
>> Just give them the number and don't say anything more. Tell them that
>> is your fax number and you still have the same voice number.
>
> I think the problem is that he needs to be by the fax machine when the
> transmission is made, to switch to fax-receive mode. Not practical if you
> don't know when the fax is coming.

I agree.

That's also my situation, so when I am supposed to get a fax, I tell the
sender to do it at a prearranged time, or that I'll let them know when
I'm ready.

Then I quickly reread the printer manual, because I do it so rarely that
I have to review the procedure every time :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

>> My fax machine is supposed to be able to tell voice from fax, but I
>> have never been able to get that to work right and I have had more
>> than one multifunction printer.

Has anyone here figured this out as it would seem to be the ideal solution
especially since its already built-in to fax machines.
Is this feature also built-in to internal computer fax/modem cards?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:58:51 -0400, "Artreid" <>
wrote:

>
>>> My fax machine is supposed to be able to tell voice from fax, but I
>>> have never been able to get that to work right and I have had more
>>> than one multifunction printer.
>
>Has anyone here figured this out as it would seem to be the ideal solution
>especially since its already built-in to fax machines.
>Is this feature also built-in to internal computer fax/modem cards?

I think every dial-up modem I had between about 1988 and 1996 had that
feature, and I don't remember having a single problem getting it to
work across multiple pieces of fax software. I switched to cable
Internet in 1996 and ditched every dial-up modem I could find, so my
experience ends there. Still, it's a mature feature that should be
trivial to set up, assuming current fax software does its part.

--

Char Jackson