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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:29:39 AM EDT
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Or send them |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:31:34 AM EDT
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I am not so concerned on sending them. The old fax machine we have still does that effectively, but I am sick of paper jams on incoming.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:31:50 AM EDT
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XP and ALL version of Windows have fax capability built in. for basic transmission and reception it works fine.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:35:12 AM EDT
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I have used WINFaxPro for years. I have stuck with it since my first computer ran Win3.X. While it may not be necessary, I am familiar with its set-up.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:36:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:37:05 AM EDT
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Cheyenne Bitware. I've used this program before. It's pretty good, and it's free!
www.spyfind.com/bitware.html |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:38:15 AM EDT
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+1 its built right in. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:46:01 AM EDT
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where do you go to load it? Im curious about this myself. Does the fax get attached in an email or does it output to a printer? Also, does the computer have to be on all the time to recieve? I do my faxing at work, but it would be nice to do it at home instead. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 11:57:52 AM EDT
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ditto.
Will it work with a digital cable connection or does it have to have a telephone number to identify the recipient? I would LOVE to drop my dedicated fax line. It costs me an additional phone line charge each month. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:00:06 PM EDT
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For XP: go to Control Panel, Printers & Faxes. On the left of the P & F, there is a link to add Fax capability. Run through the Wizard, and when it askes for your station ID, enter your full phone number. You now have fax capability.
When you are faxing out, you simply Print from any application, and from the printers list, pull down and select Fax, which will start the Fax process. To receive a Fax, you can either set up the Fax settings to auto-receive (use only on a dedicated fax line, because it will pick up all calls made to that phone number), or you can use the manual receive and just turn it on when you know someone is faxing you. -Troy |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:01:18 PM EDT
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Just loaded up the program. I went to my computer, then add remove program files, then on the left add remove windows components. There is a fax option there, just put in the windows disk and it will load up. It puts the program under the accessories folder in the start menu.
Seems to work pretty good. Thanks. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:02:50 PM EDT
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What he said - use it on the raod, from other computers and on my system here at home. the free system works fine. I use the pay service and love it for over 5 years now. good luck www.efax.com |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:11:34 PM EDT
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Guys,
Faxing is TELEPHONE technology, so there has to be phone lines involved. Now, you *can* subscribe to various Internet-based faxing services and conduct all your fax business via email, but your emails are still faxed out via phonelines by the service, and received via phone line and sent to your email by the service. This service just prevents you from having to have a dedicated phone line and fax modem yourself. You would probably find that MOST people you fax to and from also have email, and many have scanners, which would allow you do handle all this stuff through email with only *slightly* more work. And of course email allows for color photos/graphics and many other possibilities that just aren't possible via FAX. -Troy |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:16:52 PM EDT
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Ahhhh... This is great. We used to get about 20 crap faxes a day (win a trip here, blah blah blah). Well now we only print the legit ones.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 12:21:32 PM EDT
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Why in the world is the fax machine even still being sold? A scanner and email works faster, and better.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 1:00:20 PM EDT
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for the record i use efax to recieve my faxes.
the recieve them and then forward them to your email address for free. that way i can retrieve then anytime anywhere. mike |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 1:07:47 PM EDT
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Good info. Just a slight correction. Canon has come out with a color fax but the recipient also has to have a color fax to recieve doc in color as well. I agree, with computers, scanners and email, faxing is going to become a thing of the past. You wouldn't believe how many people still buys fax machine still. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 1:17:49 PM EDT
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fax machines are DIRT cheap. A basic pc and scanner will still cost several hundred dollars. For the budget home office with LOTS of faxes to send a recieve a fax machine is still a better deal long term.
mike |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 2:16:24 PM EDT
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Most modems come with fax software. IF you have it enabled, it will "listen" to incoming phonecalls, after X rings it picks up and tries to establish a "handshake" with a fax machine on the call. (You hear that sometimes when you call somebody who isn't home and their fax/computer answers). If it establishes fax to fax communications it sends an OK to the other machine and receives the fax. Depending on how you set-it up it will save to disk or direct to your printer/fax.
You don't need to have a dedicated line. You can also do a manual handshake. They dial the number and when you pick it up, you enable your fax set-up and tell them to send. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 3:34:01 PM EDT
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efax is MUCH easier for just recieving. pops right into your email box
mike |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 3:48:49 PM EDT
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...and I like to forward them to my various departments where they apply. A fax can come in and be sent to the right person without paper getting lost. |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 3:55:09 PM EDT
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tagged
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Posted: 10/28/2004 3:55:43 PM EDT
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For the budget home office with LOTS of faxes to send a recieve a fax machine is still a better deal long term.
you know of ANY home offices that DON'T have a computer??? |
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Posted: 10/28/2004 5:16:41 PM EDT
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Working in IT, I have run into users that don't have the patience or intuition to scan a doc, save it, then attach it to an email. They are so used to dropping the paper in, typing a number, and pushing send, anything else, even something that makes more sense is heartache and pain.
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Posted: 10/28/2004 6:14:14 PM EDT
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Uh, that would be "sheeple". 
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