Guest Carlos Martinez Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Dear All, How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. Thanking you in advance for any info. Carlos.
Guest Alias Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: FAX with high speed LAN? Carlos Martinez wrote: > Dear All, > > How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console > without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? > > LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data > there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. > > Thanking you in advance for any info. > Carlos. > > No can do. You need to buy a fax modem to send and receive faxes with a computer. They aren't very expensive, btw. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest Malke Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: FAX with high speed LAN? Carlos Martinez wrote: > Dear All, > > How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console > without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? > > LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data > there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. > > Thanking you in advance for any info. > Carlos. You can't fax directly from a computer without a dialup modem. That's the way faxing works, over analog phone lines. There are various Internet faxing services that will send a fax for you - Google for them. Otherwise you can always buy a standalone fax machine or an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax and connect those devices to a telephone line. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: FAX with high speed LAN? On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:20:54 +0300, "Carlos Martinez" <carlos777m@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console > without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? You can't. > LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data > there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. Nope. Faxes have to be sent over the dialup telephone network, and you have to dial the number of the fax machine you are sending to. The only other choice you have is using a web-based service that lets you upload a document to them, and then they fax it to the number you specify. Such services are usually fee-based, I believe; you should be able to find them with Google, but there isn't normally any advantage of using them over faxing yourself with either a fax modem or a stand-alone fax machine. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Vanguard Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: FAX with high speed LAN? "Carlos Martinez" wrote in message news:ObIS0CX4HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Dear All, > > How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console > without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? > > LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data > there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. To send: If YOU want to send faxes, YOU will need an analog telephone line and a fax-capable modem. If you want someone ELSE to send your faxes, there are paid fax services to which you can e-mail the fax and have THEM send using their analog phone lines and modems. The tpc.int service to send faxes is free but ran by volunteers which results in slow sending (i.e., delays) and unreliable service, and they may not have a local telephone number in your area so you incur long-distance charges. To receive: If YOU want to receive faxes, YOU will need an analog telephone line and a fax-capable modem. You will also need to continuosly run the fax software so it can answer phone calls. If you want someone ELSE to receive your faxes and send them via e-mail to you, you can use a free or paid fax service for that (eFax is free to receive with some quota limits but costs to send).
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