Virtual Fax vs the Fax Machine
There is one piece of office equipment that my home office had to have early on: the good old fax machine. When I first started out, I thought I could make do by just using web-based faxing solutions, such as the one offered by Ring Central. Solutions such as this work wonderfully for inbound faxing (receiving faxes), but what happens if you need to send a fax? What I learned early on is that I send out far more faxes than I receive.
I’ve been looking at multifunction copy/fax/laser printer devices. Anyone have a recommendation?
Peter Cooper on September 13th, 2005 1:32 am
My fax went in the trash about ten years ago, and I haven’t used one since, luckily. I find them kinda antiquated when we have e-mails and scanners.
Rob Hyndman on September 13th, 2005 4:09 am
I use the Canon D780 as a multifunction, except for scanning – for that I have an HP that does dbl-sided and does it fast. But I’m very happy with the D780.
Wayne M on September 13th, 2005 6:04 am
When I was back in South Africa for a visit I was very surprised to see that Fax machines are still in high demand and that the average company uses them religiously…
olga on January 8th, 2006 11:45 am
having a fax machine is so much cheaper then using the internet, these people promote how fast and easy it is on the internet um no i’m not paying $12 a month just to fax what do they think we are idiots lol. Keep your fax machine, it’s not going anyway. The internet is still and most likely will always be experiemntal. Contrary to the propaganda machine, most people are still not even on the net nor do they want to be.
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