Electronic fax machine saves your time and aids in freeing staff. It is more convenient when compared to traditional fax machine. In today’s world, fax machine is replaced by computers and the internet, but, you can’t deny that it was incredible in its day.

1. Overview of Electronic Fax Machine
The word “Fax” is derived from the word facsimile i.e. "make a copy" and the
word telefax is derived from telefacsimile which means “make a copy at a
distance". In some industries fax is also called as a Telecopier. A fax machine is
a machine used to transmit information, documents or data via pulses over the
telephone line. It is composed of a modem, a scanner, and a printer. The
machine scans the document you send through it and the documents you send
can be in form such as pictures, text, graphs or whatever. The documents are
transmitted to the recipient i.e. another fax machine. The receiving machine can
take print outs of the data either in black and white or color. Electronic fax
machine saves your time and aids in freeing staff. It is more convenient when
compared to traditional fax machine.
In today’s world, fax machine is replaced by computers and the internet, but, you
can’t deny that it was incredible in its day. Electronic fax machine has become
out classed by the speed, ease of use, and cheap prices of computers and
software. It is mainly replaced by email faxing. Email faxing means sending fax to
email addresses. It is as easy as transmitting an ordinary email. It is the most
favored method of sending faxes.
Email faxing enables the user to transmit and receive fax via email. It is also
known as Internet Faxing and Online Faxing. It is a paperless method for
sending faxes and receiving faxes. The software essential for email fax is so
cheap when compared to the price of an electronic fax machine. It is not big and
bulky like fax machine. For using email faxing you need internet, and your
computer, not a separate and expensive phone line which is required for fax
machine. Email faxing is possible only because of the recent developments

2. made in the field of information technology. With the help of email faxing you can
send and receive faxes on the move!
You can receive faxes directly to your phones like Blackberry or iPhone. These
kinds of phones syncs with your email inbox via the internet and you can get
emails no matters where you are. Email faxing eliminates the risk of misplacing a
fax received and this is because the faxes you receive are delivered straight to
your email inbox. So you have a permanent copy of each fax which are easy to
store and can be reprinted at any time you need. As, it is a paperless method, it
helps in cutting down less trees and encourages a better greener environment.
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