We send and receive faxes via the Mac

Vitality fax impressive. Around us are already in full working Gigabit Internet, we have access to the Internet from anywhere in the space through the heaped smartphones and tablets with touch screens, but between all these brainchild of high technology still stands confidently old Fax. It should be up and running, because most organizations without it still does.

A little history

The principle of the facsimile transmission was first introduced in 1902 by Arthur Korn. In 1966, Xerox introduced its development of the fax machine and fax international standards were adopted in 1968.

While seemed fax revolution. Now you can send a document anywhere in the world almost instantly. Imagine that before there were fax machines, transmission of any document to a considerable distance has meant the inevitable use of mail or courier.

Naturally, over the next few years to become accustomed faxes. Organizations no longer represents workers work without them, and even the spread of the Internet, and with it e-mail, complete with cheap scanners, faxes virtually gone.

Why is not dead

Often it comes down to the fact that organizations do not want to spend money to upgrade equipment. In addition, the principle of "if works, then why change" has not been canceled. Do not forget about the factor of habit. The process of faxing has become so commonplace in office-work, that the idea to abandon it in favor of something else did not even come to mind.

Apple USB Modem

Since 2005, Apple made USB modem with which you can send a fax from your Mac.

In later versions of OS X support modem is not, and he accordingly stopped selling.

MFP

Often under the MFPs we've come to understand the structure of "printer-scanner-copier," but there are device-oriented offices, fully supports the fax function. For example, depicted in HP M1212 picture in addition to standard features is an independent fax machine.

And yet it can be used to send and receive faxes on a Mac.

Fax to email

It is obvious that the possible implementation of a fax in a certain similarity of SaaS. This also involved a lot of companies around the world. Enough to hammer into a search engine query "fax to email", and you will find many services that provide customers fax numbers with the ability to send and receive faxes without having to install the line and purchase apparatus.

When a fax message is usually converted to one of urgent text document formats, or as a PDF. Accordingly, no unnecessary paper waste.

When sending a fax is taken into account quality characteristics. Do not use the fax for sending photos. OS X makes it quite easy to adapt any document to be sent by fax:

1. open the document that we want to send a fax
2. click Print to display the preview menu
3. push the PDF button and choose Mail Address PDF

Another huge advantage of such services is the ability to work with mobile devices.

Of course, faxes become terrible anachronism, but the reality is that such outdated technology for one reason or another still in use, and at one point, you definitely will fall a client who does not know anything except fax.

[via mactutplus]