Fax machines have been around for more than 150 years, though the way people send a fax today is quite different than it used to be. So how does fax work?
The short answer is that it depends on how you’re sending a fax–with a fax machine connected to a landline or a device connected to the internet. Let’s go through how fax works, each way you can fax, and everything else you need to know about faxing.
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The Basics of How Fax Works
Regardless of how you get it done, the goal of faxing is the same: to transmit a document from one place to another.
There are three distinct technologies that support fax. They all handle the transmission differently, and so the way that fax works is based on the technology you’re using.
Landline Fax
This is the “traditional” way of faxing documents. It requires a wired connection to the public-switched telephone network (PSTN), as well as a fax machine… Read More