Fax machine

Presented By:-
Avinash Patodi
Praveen Kumar
Manish Kumar
Varsha Kodle
Swapnil kharche
 AGENDA
1. INTRODUCTION

2. What is FAX MACHINE

3. The History of FAX MACHINE

4. How FAX MACHINE Works

5. ALTERNATIVES
 INTRODUCTION

• Fax ( facsimile) is a telecommunications technology

used to transfer copies of documents, especially using
affordable devices operating over the telephone network.

• The word telefax, short for telefacsimile, for "make a

copy at a distance”.
 What is fax machine

• A "fax machine" usually consists of an image

scanner, a modem, and a printer.

• Although devices for transmitting printed documents

electrically have existed, in various forms, since the
19th century but modern fax machines became
feasible only in the mid-1970 only.

• Digital fax machines first became popular in Japan.

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• Over time, faxing gradually became affordable, and

by the mid-1980s, fax machines were very popular
around the world.

• Although many businesses still maintain some kind

of fax capability, the technology has faced increasing
competition from Internet-based systems
The History of FAX MACHINE
 HOW FAX MACHINE WORK
• Fax machines utilize standard PSTN lines and
telephone numbers to send data to the destination.

• The data could be send in two form…

1. Analogue
2. Digital
 ANALOGUE
• faxes were sent in the same manner as a frame of
analogue television

• Analogue fax machines are almost obsolete and no

longer manufactured.

• faxes take six minutes to transmit a single page.

 DIGITAL

• advantage of digital compression methods to greatly

reduce transmission times.

• faxes take between six and fifteen seconds to transmit a

single page
 ALTERNATIVES
• One popular alternative is to subscribe to an
internet fax service. Fax service providers allow users
to send and receive faxes from their personal
computers using an existing email account. No
software, fax server or fax machine is needed.

• Another alternative to a physical fax machine is to

make use of computer software which allows people
to send and receive faxes using their own computers.
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