What program do you guys/gals use to send faxes with?

[808smokey]

Hi,

What program do you guys/gals use to send faxes with?

I want to get a Printer/Scanner/Fax all in one but can't decide which to get. So I thought about faxing through the computer...

Any suggestions??

[gitreel]

I use a cheap little program called HotFax

[BJ_M]

i just walk up the stairs to the fax machine

[tekkieman]

Either the built-in XP faxtools or Classic Phone Tools. They're all pretty much the same these days.

[808smokey]

i just walk up the stairs to the fax machine

Thanks for that


I DON'T HAVE A FAX AND HAVE TO DRIVE 5 BLOCKS FROM HERE AND PAY FOR IT

[808smokey]

Either the built-in XP faxtools or Classic Phone Tools.

Where's that at??? I can't find it I have XP pro installed

Nevermind I had to install through the add/remove panel

[gitreel]

I think I paid $10 for HotFax. I bought it at Fry's Electronics.

[BJ_M]

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/winxpfax.htm

winXP fax details

[808smokey]

hmmm what about this,

How do you hook up a fax and an answering machine to the same phone line and have them work properly? SO the answering machine doesn't record the infamous "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegongeeeee eegong" or the fax answering to a person.

know what i mean??

[Tommyknocker]

The Fax Wizard is part of printing. When you are ready to send your document, go to the requester, change the printer to fax, and follow the prompts.

[BJ_M]

hmmm what about this,

How do you hook up a fax and an answering machine to the same phone line and have them work properly? SO the answering machine doesn't record the infamous "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegongeeeee eegong" or the fax answering to a person.

know what i mean??

there is a little box you can buy at radio shack that can switch the line to the modem for fax and to the phone for phone ...

or least they used to -- because i have one i no longer use ..

[tekkieman]

Some of the all-in-ones will do it for you. I know of a couple of HP models that do. Phone line runs to the all-in-one, then out to the phone/answering machine. If the call is fax, the all-in-one picks up, if it's voice, it feeds through to the phone. The only thing to remember is to set the number of rings lower on the all-in-one than the answering machine.

edit - some of the pc telephony modems will do it as well.