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TECHNICAL ADVICE
FAX TECHNOLOGY
The friendly folks at your local telephone company will beg you not to do so, but you can
save piles of money each year by not having a designated long distance company / service
bundled in with your residential home phone.
WEB-BASED FAXING
If you do not have a fax modem or you want to send faxes with less work than needed for
Microsoft's "virtual fax machine", you can fax for free from any Web browser by using the
following "Software as a Service" applications:
http://faxzero.com
or
http://www.myfax.com/free/
See
http://www.3cx.com/PBX/FAX-VOIP.html
and
http://home.howstuffworks.com/foip.htm
and
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=58104
and
http://www.soft-switch.org/foip.html
See
http://www.vonage.com/how_vonage_works_adapters/
and
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6788/phones/ps514/ps515/product_d
ata_sheet09186a008007cd72.html
Yes, you can use your Vonage phone line to send faxes. Simply connect your phone line to
your fax machine, ensure that the Baud Rate on your machine is set to 9600 and you are
ready to send or receive a fax. Even though you can use your phone line to send faxes, it is
highly recommended to have a dedicated fax line.
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References:
http://www.vonage.com/features_available_options.php?feature=fax
and
http://www.voipmechanic.com/voip-fax-settings.htm
and
http://www.ehow.com/how_7307006_use-fax-machines-voip.html
See
http://faxanswers.com/answers/can-i-use-a-fax-machine-with-vonage
and
http://www.ooma.com/products/faqs?tab=usage#faq-348
SET YOUR FAX MODEM OR YOUR FAX MACHINE TO "OVERSEAS MODE" PRIOR TO
TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A FAX
See
http://www.voipmechanic.com/faxingissuesandotherdevices.htm
http://www.voipmechanic.com/faxingissuesandotherdevices.htm
SOME FAX MACHINE MODELS DO NOT WORK WITH VOIP PHONE LINES
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/phone/incompatible-equipment-phone/
When analog faxing fails, you can buy or rent "Fax over IP" ("FOIP:) equipment from your
Internet Service Provider (ISP). "FOIP" is based on the T38 and G.711 standards to do
digital faxing.
See
http://www.voipnow.org/features/fax
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.38
and
http://www.3cx.com/PBX/t38.html
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.711
http://www.faxlogic.com/features/how-faxlogic-hosted-internet-fax-works.php
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
For most home computer users, this procedure can only be used in "Windows 7.." since
"Windows Vista Home Premium" does not have fax functions.
(Levels of "Windows Vista" above "Windows Vista Home Premium" have fax capability but
most home users of "Windows Vista" have "Windows Vista Home Premium".)
If the document that you wish to fax is a paper document, scan the document that needs to
be faxed and save each page as a .TIF file.
If there is more than one page, convert it to a multi-page file in a office document file format
that your computer can view or open (such as .DOC, DOCX, .WPD, WPS, .PDF, or RTF.
If you have a choice, do not select the PDF file format, since it will appear fuzzier to the
recipient relative to the other file formats.)
Attach a telephone instrument that is labeled "Fax phone" to the exact same telephone cord
that goes to your fax modem. (If your fax modem has both a "Line" jack and a "Telephone" or
"Phone" or "Extension" jack, you cannot attach the "Fax phone" to this jack.)
If you are using a calling card (or have any similar special procedure for getting access to
your long distance access), check to make sure that the modem is set to dial without waiting
for dial tone:
In "Windows 7..":
Go to the "Control Panel":
Click on "Phone and Modem".
Click on the "Modems" tab:
Click on the fax modem:
Click on the "Properties" button:
Click on the "Modem" tab:
If you find a checkmark for "Wait for dial tone before dialing" under "Dial Control",
remove it by clicking on it:
Click on the "OK" button.
Look at the "Command and Response" section and make sure that the modem is
communicating with your computer:
Click on the "OK" button.
Click on the "OK" button.
Close the "All Control Panel Items" window by clicking on the "x" button in its upper right-
hand corner.
If you have no default long distance carrier on your telephone line, use a 1-800-type calling
card: dial the 1-800 or 1-888 number of the calling card, type in your "PIN" number when
asked to do so, and touchpad in the phone number of the receiving fax machine.
When the remote fax machine answers with a fax squeal, click on the "Send" button.
Listen in the "Fax phone" for all dialed digits.
Wait 2 seconds.
Hang up the "Fax phone" instrument.
Click on "Tools" in the "Windows Fax and Scan" window.
Click on "Fax Status Monitor..".
Watch the progress of your sent fax in the "Fax Status Monitor" window:
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