Anyone Still Faxing?
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I do a lot of faxing.
For most of the documents I fax, it's important we receive confirmation of receipt which the fax machine provides us. Read receipts for email are unreliable at best, depending on the server you're sending the email to and whether or not they have receipt generation turned on.
Also, the read receipts are available only to me, whereas the fax confirmation pages are easily filed with the sent fax for access by others who might need to see it.
However, we have no dinosaur machine to fax with, either. Our fax machine will scan 40+ pages per minute (in 1200dpi color if you want), does sends from memory, and almost never jams. No struggle, just drop your fax in, punch the phone number (or select from the on-screen directory), and walk away.
For most of the documents I fax, it's important we receive confirmation of receipt which the fax machine provides us. Read receipts for email are unreliable at best, depending on the server you're sending the email to and whether or not they have receipt generation turned on.
Also, the read receipts are available only to me, whereas the fax confirmation pages are easily filed with the sent fax for access by others who might need to see it.
However, we have no dinosaur machine to fax with, either. Our fax machine will scan 40+ pages per minute (in 1200dpi color if you want), does sends from memory, and almost never jams. No struggle, just drop your fax in, punch the phone number (or select from the on-screen directory), and walk away.
I fax occasionally when I have to send tech documents to customers that don't exist in 'tronic format (the documents not the customers). We do have a copier that scans and emails but it is in the next building.
binary visions said:
Not to mention signatures, initials etc etc.
Word, anytime there is handwriting a fax is good.binary visions said:
We still fax things out, but we use aN HP all in one printerfaxscanner.
Reminds me of...
"PC Load Letter"? What the **** does that mean?
"No, not again. I... why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this piece of **** out the window."
Reminds me of...
"PC Load Letter"? What the **** does that mean?
"No, not again. I... why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this piece of **** out the window."
The fax machine also does scan directly to PDF so it'd be easy even to email handwritten stuff (you just hit two buttons and a PDF appears in your network drive). It doesn't solve the issue of delivery confirmation, though.
Am I mistaken when I say that a fax is more secure than an email?
So let's see: I've got this document that I need to send someone and they want a hard copy. So I scan it and make a PDF, then email and then they print it out. Yeah, that makes sensestinkyboy said:
Or, I walk over to the fax machine, fax it and they pick up the hard copy.
riderx said:So let's see: I've got this document that I need to send someone and they want a hard copy. So I scan it and make a PDF, then email and then they print it out. Yeah, that makes sense
Or, I walk over to the fax machine, fax it and they pick up the hard copy.
All of our work is already digital. She's printing documents, then faxing. Our work is primarily assembled in Quark Xpress. Just rip a freaking PDF from there and email.
Does that make sense?
Let me know if further assistance is needed.
Can you wash my car?stinkyboy said:
thanks
mgt
I'll get a better estimate tomorrow, but I bet my office (45 people) fax over 3,000 pages........a day
I have an old fax server with 7 lines, a newer one with 20 lines.
I have an old fax server with 7 lines, a newer one with 20 lines.
i do it everyday. about 40-50 reports.
i have a FAX set up as a printer on my pc... so its not like i use a fax machine with paper.. just right click the report i need to sent, PRINT, FAX printer, then select the recepient phone #....
i have a FAX set up as a printer on my pc... so its not like i use a fax machine with paper.. just right click the report i need to sent, PRINT, FAX printer, then select the recepient phone #....
we do a ton, alot of accounting reciepts and such, and the faxes we recieve get scanned then put into a .pdf...
Conveniently left out of your initial rant. You work in communications, huh?stinkyboy said:
And don't forget your original post was titled: "Anyone Still Faxing?"
Let me know if you need further assistance. Not that I'll offer it, but let me know anyway. :evil:
We fax a lot of interoffice stuff and have about 4 fax machines per floor (about 40 total). Faxed contracts from our customers go into an imaging system for processing and storage to cut out the day or two of lag it would take for them to be delivered.
