Thursday 1 November 2012

Internet fax machine. What it is?


Facsimile machine is a hardware device to send the documents to distant places. We could send it with the help of telephone connection.  In those days facsimile machine, telephone call, mail was used as means of communication. However it was since last 10 years Internet is being used as medium of communication. While this online utility has made the traditional machine out of date. It is because of lot of advantages over it. Electronic fax doesn't require any telephone lines, any extra hardware device,  and software.

The term Internet fax relates to it being used for sending the document from one place to another using this amazing medium. It is also known as web, online, electronic, virtual fax etc.  Most of the people are using their e-mail accounts for transmitting information. With the help of this utility one can send and receive document through and on mail. It can be e-mail to fax and vice versa.

This is virtual machine. It is an integration of facsimile technology and Internet technology. No extra device or software is needed for that. Only you have to subsribe and sign in at the service providers website. Any person having a Net connection and an email account can send and receive documents in the TIFF and PDF format.

The net fax companies provide various services like signature service, Toll free service, Send –only service etc.  They also provide lifetime storage of documents sent and received.

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