Is repairing a fax machine worth it?

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?

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Fax with Calling Card

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?

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Avoid Fax Tone

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?

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Faxing with Call Waiting

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

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Why was I charged twice for faxing one page?

Why did my Internet fax service charge me for two pages when I only sent one?

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What should I do with my old 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?

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Why didn’t all of my fax go through?

The recipient got some, but not all, of my fax. What happened?

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Fax activity reports: to toss or not to toss?

I’m the office manager of a mid-sized business. I tend to be overly cautious (my coworkers call it “covering my rear”), which is probably why I save all of those printouts the fax machine spits out showing what faxes were sent when. Am I a freak, and should I should just toss them?

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Can I fax using Windows Vista?

I’d been using my PC to fax with Microsoft operating systems for years when I decided to upgrade to Vista. Now, I can’t fax at all. What am I doing wrong?

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Receiving faxes on legal size paper

I can’t get my fax machine to print correctly on legal-size paper. I load the tray with legal paper, but when the fax I’m expecting comes through, it just shrinks the text down so it would have fit on standard 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper and prints it that way. What am I doing wrong?

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