Fax Technology Refuses To Die. Despite the rapid rise of digital technologies for communicating, the fax machine is still a major part of business communications. I still have a fax machine next to my desk. It's still easier for handling documents that require signatures and it's a one-step process rather than the two steps of "scan and email" that the article suggest is a better process. If scanners include an "email this to" function that somehow communicates with your email client, then I could finally stop using the fax machine. However, many companies still give out fax numbers rather than an email address you can send a document to. In fact, as the article points out, fax numbers still receive prominent placement on corporate documents and business cards.

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Ahh, I use OS 10.3 fro my faxes. I can receive faxs simply by hooking the phone line up to my modem and using system preferences to tell it how many rings before picking up and where to store the fax. I have the alternate rig tone optin on my phone, so I use that number for my fax #. I can send faxes from the print dialogue. It allows me to format and send faxes instead of printing them. So I just use word or pdf document or whatever. I could fax this page if i wanted. No need for any fax machine, I believe. And, when I receive a fax, it is already on my computer ready for me to manipulate or print. Saves on paper supplies.  11:41:54 PM