| As new technological advancements emerge, many | | | | themselves are sent over your internet connection, not |
| people may be wary of adopting them in their own | | | | a separate, dedicated fax line. If you want a hard copy |
| home and business. Fax technology has been around | | | | of your document, you can easily print it out on your |
| for decades now. Older, analog fax machines have | | | | office computer printer. It's also just as easy to view |
| become obsolete. They were large machines that | | | | your fax right on your phone or PDA, which allows you |
| took a lot of time to send documents. They could | | | | to know about your faxes right away, not just when |
| have a lot of problems with sending files, such as | | | | you are standing next to the fax machine at the office. |
| running out of paper. The paper could become | | | | Online faxing usually results in a better quality |
| jammed. Ink could run out. Fax lines could be busy, | | | | document, as well as lessening your chances of losing |
| making it nearly impossible to get your faxes through. | | | | a file or losing an entire fax. In the past, if a document |
| Of course, analog fax machines weren't all bad. They | | | | came through, and it was scanned badly or printed |
| were a great improvement on having to send your | | | | poorly, you might not be able to read it at all. Online fax |
| files through the mail, for example. Facsimile copies of | | | | helps to eliminate this problem because the documents |
| documents could reach their destination in a matter of | | | | never need to be printed out and scanned back in. |
| minutes, not days. They helped to facilitate quick | | | | This, as well as paper jams and printing malfunctions, |
| communication between individuals and companies. But | | | | often resulted in the visual quality of documents getting |
| just as analog fax machines changed the way that | | | | progressively poorer in the past. Now, documents can |
| documents were shared in the past, online fax | | | | be faxed directly from your word processing program, |
| services are now changing the way that people are | | | | with no loss of document quality. It's also nearly |
| using fax to send documents. You don't need to spend | | | | instantaneous; you can print the document to fax, and |
| a lot of money on office supplies like paper and printer | | | | it is sent as an email attachment to anyone, anywhere. |
| ink anymore. You don't need a dedicated fax line. You | | | | There are also no long distance phone charges. |
| don't even need a physical fax machine. These | | | | Internet faxing makes faxing even quicker and simpler |
| services are not only cheaper, they are faster and | | | | than it was in the past. Anyone who can send an |
| more convenient. Rather than purchasing a new fax | | | | email can use the internet to send a fax. Internet fax is |
| machine, you can use things you already have in your | | | | cheaper and more convenient than traditional fax |
| office to send a fax. You can use your personal | | | | machines, and it can save your business money that |
| computer to send and view your faxes. The faxes | | | | would be spent on supplies, as well. |
