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| Thread ID: 47322 | 2004-07-23 01:45:00 | PC faxing. | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 254464 | 2004-07-23 11:25:00 | hmmm....My fax machine answers fax's and lets through the phonecalls,and i pay for no extra telecom services such as faxability. | metla (154) | ||
| 254465 | 2004-07-23 11:38:00 | Yes, but your fax is acting as a faxcatcher. Listening for the CCITT fax tones and if none are received, it sends the call to the phone socket on the fax. But the fax actually answers every call, one way or the other. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 254466 | 2004-07-23 11:53:00 | I've used my PC for incoming and outgoing faxes for years with very few problems, and even fewer since I installed WinXP. One thing that makes it easier for me is that I have a second phone line that is just used for fax and internet, so as long as I have my PC switched on and I'm not on the net I can receive faxes. To send faxes I compose the message in Outlook or create another document (Word, Corel Draw, whatever), then either put the fax number in the to box in outlook and send, or print the document to the fax virtual printer, and off it goes. Advantages: outgoing fax quality is always very high, I have a record of the faxes I have sent and the original documents. Incoming faxes can be inspected and maybe discarded without printing. Disadvantages: If I want to fax a piece of "real" paper, I have to scan it before faxing. This is similar to a real fax, but takes a bit longer and is a bit more awkward. If I'm on the net an incoming fax will get a busy signal. I'm not aware of ever having missed a fax that I actually needed. Tony Bacon |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 254467 | 2004-07-23 12:52:00 | Sounds exactly what I do here with no special phone lines Rob |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 254468 | 2004-07-24 02:57:00 | metla: I believe you are "in the trade", so you actually use tools like screwdrivers, nut-drivers, pliers , tweezers, files, scalpels, haemostats . You might own a Swiss Army knife, which can be used for a lot of tasks --- even "taking stones out of horse's hooves" . But when you are working in a computer, I'd bet that you would be desperate before you used the Swiss Army knife, instead of the proper tool . It's not just a matter of "looking professional"-- it's just easier to use the right tool . Real tools do one thing well . They do that thing much better than tools which do that thing "as well as" . Multipurpose machine tools have been around for a long time . Some of them are very cleverly designed . But they can do only one thing at a time . And the things are never done quite as well . "Computers" are mostly general purpose,and can be used to do all sorts of things . When a task is critical, it has always been a good idea to have a computer to do it as its sole task . That way, fewer accidents happen . ;-) There is a computer in a fax machine . It doesn't have to worry about whether it's time to call home to Microsoft to have its software rebugged . It sits there waiting for the phone to ring . And it never loses its concentration . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 254469 | 2004-07-24 03:06:00 | uh....is that entire post directed at me?,a bit misguided if so,I personally use a fax for faxing and a computer for ...uh.....computing.I wouldn't recomend using a computer for faxing. Though i do keep a multi-tool poket knife on my tool shelf...... |
metla (154) | ||
| 254470 | 2004-07-24 04:59:00 | It's horses for courses isn't it Graham? If I was in a busy multi-staff office I would almost certainly have a dedicated stand-alone fax machine . In a home office with comparatively limited space and fairly simple faxing requirements I find the PC option works well for me . Having said that I did a contract for a while in an office that had implemented desktop faxing through the server, with incoming faxes being routed to the correct recipient, and that worked well . They did have a dedicated fax machine as well though, that was used for faxing "real paper" . Tony B . |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 254471 | 2004-07-24 12:19:00 | So you see young Beetle, the lesson given verily is that you shall fax only with hardware. Software is for those mystics who know the arcane ways of the magical XP. Which is a sort of electronic Viagra. :D | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 254472 | 2004-07-24 17:39:00 | Telecom has, or used to have a FaxTest ( I don't remember exactly what the name was) number that you could send faxes to, and which would send the fax back to you with a report on the quality etc. I have lost the number and cant find it in the new phone book. Does anybody out there know this number? Vince | Vince (406) | ||
| 254473 | 2004-07-24 20:32:00 | The number is Here ( www.telecom.co.nz) hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
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