Currently the biggest market for web fax services is the real estate industry. Contracts need signatures, then they need more signatures. The industry has tried several 'electronic signature' programs but they all have steep learning curves.
So, faxing is still one of the main tools used in the industry.
Most professionals only use the 'receiving' part of their web fax program. Send them a fax and it goes to their e-mail as a .pdf attachment. Then they just file it on their local drive.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Scanning Documents Using a Fax Machine
Scanning documents has been creating a few problems lately. Seems that most folks are scanning everything at the highest resolution. Thus, a simple 5 page document can be 5MB+ and too large for many e-mail programs. Plus, sending such huge documents will quickly fill someones email box quota.
An option is to just fax the documents to yourself. If you don't need print quality documents then this works great.
Simply compile all the documents needed and run them through any standard fax machine. The faxing process automatically reduces the resolution, typically under 100KB per page. When it arrives in your in-box, simply rename the document and file it in an appropriate folder on your local drive.
If you need to fax something to a person without a fax machine then you can simply fax the document to yourself, then forward the e-mail on to them.
An option is to just fax the documents to yourself. If you don't need print quality documents then this works great.
Simply compile all the documents needed and run them through any standard fax machine. The faxing process automatically reduces the resolution, typically under 100KB per page. When it arrives in your in-box, simply rename the document and file it in an appropriate folder on your local drive.
If you need to fax something to a person without a fax machine then you can simply fax the document to yourself, then forward the e-mail on to them.
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