Fax Answers

Why did I get a fax with blank pages?

My company’s main fax machine has started sucking in more then one sheet of paper at a time. It’s really annoying. Do you know what could be going on? I’m trying to avoid paying for a service call, because we’ve had the fax for a couple of years and the service contract just expired.

Can I use my digital camera or camera phone to send a fax?

I know that I can set my iPhone up to send faxes via email, just as I would with any PDA, but can I hook it up to a fax machine? I have a client who, for some complex legal or security reasons, doesn’t want PDFs and instead is insisting on old-school paper faxes sent [...]

All my boss can talk about is the “economic downturn” and how it’s affecting her small business. She’s in full penny-pincher mode and wants me to figure out how to send faxes after-hours when long-distance phone rates are down. How do I do this?

My fax machine quit working. I don’t know what’s wrong with it, whether it can be repaired or how much it would cost to fix it. I called a repair shop, but they want $100 just to have a technician look at it. Is it worth it, or should I just buy a new machine?

I have a pre-paid calling card and was trying to use it to send a fax long-distance, but it won’t go through. What’s going on?

My phone and fax machine share one line. I’m so sick of rushing to pick up a ringing phone only to hear that annoying tone that means it’s really a fax coming in. What can I do?

I’m planning on adding “call waiting” to my home phone service. Will this cause any problems with my fax machine?

My fax machine has served me well for nearly 10 years. However, it’s time to put “Old Bessie” to rest and invest in a more-modern machine, or perhaps transition to Internet-based faxing. But how can I responsibly dispose of my old machine?