Fax to email

[Metspitzer]

I guess I'm in the minority, but it boggles my mind why these days
there are still fax machines, fax modems, fax software, etc. Doesn't
almost everyone have e-mail and a scanner?

It has to be security. I get medical forms and labs and such and they
won't email them to me.

The hospital prints my lab results from a computer and then faxes them
to me.

It really is a pain too. They have to call me and tell me to turn on
my fax machine and then fax them. I usually get them to mail them
instead.

It is crazy.

 

[Art Todesco]

In my previous machine, using Windows XP, I had a Fax Modem, which was
occasionally useful. Do such things work under Windows 7? I have to
admit that I have not needed to send or receive a fax in the past 8
months but I still have the old machine and I suppose I could remember
how to fax.

I just installed a Fax/Modem in a new i3 PC running Windows 7, mainly
for Faxing. I did this as medical offices won't accept emails because
of security. An on-line Fax service will work, but if you're concerned
about security, the best thing is a Fax/Modem. There are many out
there, however, I picked this one:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...mc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03SHIP-_-03ship
You have to be careful to get one that will work in your PC. My PC
has pci-e and full length face panels. This unit installed real easy
under W7. I did have a hard time getting the incoming call notification
balloon to work correctly, however, much of the problems were self
generated. W7 installed the driver, however, the driver that came with
the modem also passes caller ID. And, the included program, Netwaiting
provided the balloon. So all you have is click on the balloon if you
want to answer as a Fax. Outgoing is pretty easy too.

 

[Roy Smith]

Wouldn't you need a dial-up modem, though? A broadband one won't do.

Yes you'd need that or one of those all-in-one units that is a printer,
scanner, copier and fax machine. I have a Canon MX-340 wireless network
printer on my LAN. So every computer on my network can print, scan or
fax documents as long as they have the drivers installed.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Thunderbird 5.0
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:00:44 PM

 

[Zaidy036]

That would be a handy feature

For incoming I use eFax free from http://www.efax.com/efax-free

The area code of the assigned number will probably be outside of your
normal code.
That is usually not a problem with todays "all you can eat" USA phone
coverage.

For out bound I bought a USB FAX modem from Egghead because my Dell Win7
box would not fit a card internally.

For legal reasons many companies require the return of a signed document so
you need a scanner also.

 

[Nil]

Did you spend any time researching this?

If you've ever seen any other of this guy's nonsense posts, you'll know
that the answer to that question is, "no."

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Wouldn't you need a dial-up modem, though? A broadband one won't do.

Well yeah, that's what a fax modem is, right?

Yousuf Khan

 

[Char Jackson]

For out bound I bought a USB FAX modem from Egghead because my Dell Win7
box would not fit a card internally.

Egghead...now there's a blast from the past.

 

[Charles Tomaras]

For out bound I bought a USB FAX modem from Egghead

Don't you mean Newegg? Is Egghead still around? Haven't heard that name in a
decade or two.

 

[Char Jackson]

Is Egghead still around? Haven't heard that name in a
decade or two.

Bankrupt, acquired by Amazon in 2001.

 

[VanguardLH]

Egghead...now there's a blast from the past.

They killed all their retail stores and went online only. Now they're
called NewEgg.com.

 

[VanguardLH]

They killed all their retail stores and went online only. Now they're
called NewEgg.com.

Oops, nope, looks like Egghead got acquired by Amazon (after their deal
with Fry's bombed.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Wouldn't you need a dial-up modem, though? A broadband one won't do.

Fax is a telephone service, it has nothing to do with the Internet. So
you would need a modem that works with a telephone line, not cable or
DSL or FIOS.

 

[James Silverton]

Fax is a telephone service, it has nothing to do with the Internet. So
you would need a modem that works with a telephone line, not cable or
DSL or FIOS.

I suppose you mean a FIOS internet connection, which I have, but I also
have FIOS TV and FIOS phone. The FIOS phone cable can be plugged into a
FAX modem and I used it once or twice for faxing with my old machine.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not* (e-mail address removed)

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Fax is a telephone service, it has nothing to do with the Internet.
So you would need a modem that works with a telephone line, not cable
or DSL or FIOS.

If a regular telephone works, then a fax machine should work. FAX is
designed specifically to imitate a regular telephone, transmitting
signals as audible tones, like touch tone dialing on steroids. Even if
the signal is digitized for transmission, it will be converted back to
audio for delivery to the receiving instrument.

 

[Ken Blake]

Ken Blake wrote:


You'd be surprised how many companies and division of the gov't demand
you send them a fax copy of a document.

No, I'm not surprised. I've seen it myself. A couple of years ago, I
even had a department at *Microsoft* require that I faxed them
something and wouldn't (couldn't?) accept an e-mail attachment.

There are legal problems in
proving who sent an e-mail but a fax copy is a legal document to produce
in court for evidence - despite there is no more evidence in the
electronic transmission via fax than for e-mail (but the courts are very
slow to update their understanding of technology). I've had contractors
who want me to send them a fax for a copy of my driver's license because
a scanned photo of it attached to an e-mail won't meet their legal
requirements for proof of identity.

And a couple of years ago, I was on vacation in Nice, France, when I
received (as an E-mail attachment) an offer to buy a house I was
selling. To accept the offer, I had to print it, sign it, and
somewhere find a service that could fax it back to the sender. I
wasn't permitted to send it back as an e-mail attachment. It's crazy
as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Ken Blake]

Didn't you just love the paper jams (or running out of paper) that
always seemed to occur while you were away from the office (as a
builder this was the norm for me).

So much easier to create and send a PDF file via e-mail.

Not if the document needs to be signed.

 

[Ken Blake]

It has to be security. I get medical forms and labs and such and they
won't email them to me.

The hospital prints my lab results from a computer and then faxes them
to me.

It really is a pain too. They have to call me and tell me to turn on
my fax machine and then fax them. I usually get them to mail them
instead.

I always get mine by mail. They've never even offered to fax them (and
certainly not e-mail them).

It is crazy.

Yep!

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Not if the document needs to be signed.

It is a rare document that requires an original, or would accept a
FAXed but not scanned copy, so print - sign - scan - email. Done.

 

[Ed Cryer]

That would be a handy feature

Give these people a try. 30 days for free.
http://www.efax.co.uk/

Ed

P.S. Let us know what you think after you've sent a few.

 

[bj]

It is a rare document that requires an original, or would accept a
FAXed but not scanned copy, so print - sign - scan - email. Done.

If the recipient says 'fax' & gives a specific office/phone #, then that's
what I use. Especially if an offer to scan/email is greeted doubtfully.
Even if the document to be signed was emailed to me. I'm more interested
in getting the transaction done than trying to proseletize a point with
(the last time I did it) a clerk in a hotel billing office.
bj