Setting up a fax enabled all in one printer and sending Fax without a landline.

[Ming]

Is this possible? I've only got a cell phone. My router is plugged into the one phone socket in my place but I don't have a landline number with my provider.

I've just got a shiny new Brother all in one laser jet printer (very nice) but I want to get all its capabilities up and running if possible.

 

[xenon]

There are apps to send faxes from smart phones. The printer won't be involved.

 

[lazythursday]

Who would you send it to? Is there anywhere? Apart from northern rail who can't function without them apparently.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's five years since I've seen a fax machine and longer since I saw one used

 

[Elpenor]

Would you consider a telex line instead?

 

[Ming]

It's five years since I've seen a fax machine and longer since I saw one used

We still use them at work quite a bit. To be honest it's more 'I've paid for it so I want it' .

 

[Ming]

Would you consider a telex line instead?

As long as I get my telegram from the King when I hit the century.

 

[Saul Goodman]

1994 called and said it wants its dying technology back.

 

[Ming]

Do I need a woofer and a tweeter for my stereogram?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Unless the software that came with the AIO thing has provision to connect to some server to send a fax over the internet, I don't see how it could be possible without a phone line.

 

[Ming]

Unless the software that came with the AIO thing has provision to connect to some server to send a fax over the internet, I don't see how it could be possible without a phone line.

What's AIO?

 

[Saul Goodman]

What's AIO?

All In One... Printer/Scanner/Fax

 

[Ming]

All In One... Printer/Scanner/Fax

OK. Thanks man!

We still use faxes to communicate legal documents with the city police department and patient records with other hospitals.

Our code blue and code white (which I'm a member of) teams carry pagers! It's got something to do with reliability regarding the pagers apparently.

 

[gentlegreen]

There used to be email to FAX gateways - with bonus added SPAM

 

[Ming]

There used to be email to FAX gateways - with bonus added SPAM

I suppose it must be that an organization like a hospital has to have landlines so faxes but individuals like myself don't.

Oh well. It's still a nice printer.

 

[xenon]

The problem for using the Brother to send a fax is the lack of a phone line. Hence may as well use a smart phone app.

Last saw a fax machine used at work circa 2010 because some customers insisted on still being able to fax stuff in.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Do I need a woofer and a tweeter for my stereogram?

 

[gentlegreen]

I still haven't found much of a use for the telephone - I used to initialise a handful of calls a year at work...
I'm on my third Android phone now - probably with limitless credit (I would have to check) but still rarely use it as a phone...
If I send a text it's usually via the PC.

 

[Ming]