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Fax or Email?

Flika13 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:03:19 GMT

Do you fax or email documents? My printer/fax has bit the dust and I’m wondering if I should just buy a printer without fax capabilities. I don’t use the fax option very often but when I do need it it’s nice to have. Is scanning and emailing a document more acceptable?

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lovesrecess — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:18:08 GMT

The price of printers has come down substantially since we bought ours a few years ago; ours is a printer/copier/fax....if you are buying another printer anyway, I would get one that has a fax also....price shouldn’t really be much different with or without the fax. There are probably some instances where a fax is required instead of email.

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K9buddy — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:19:33 GMT

Agree with the previous poster.

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OKPrincess — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:30:48 GMT

I don’t fax because I don’t have a landline.

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GCR18 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:02:45 GMT

Email should cover it.

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glb613 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:54:21 GMT

@Flika13 wrote:
Do you fax or email documents? My printer/fax has bit the dust and I’m wondering if I should just buy a printer without fax capabilities. I don’t use the fax option very often but when I do need it it’s nice to have. Is scanning and emailing a document more acceptable?

Depends on what the other persons has or wants. I used to fax all of the time and now, never. I no longer have a land line and most places ask for e-mail.

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Cats3000 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:57:26 GMT

E-mail. Have never had a fax hookup.

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geezerette — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:27:35 GMT

My husband passed away last year so I had a lot of notifications and changes to make with various companies out of my state. Most gave me options: snail mail, fax, or email. Most preferred communication by email, and I got the quickest responses that way.

I believe that scanning, then emailing a document is considered the same as faxing in most situations now. However, as others have stated, most of the new printers have fax, copy, and print options.

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Caffeina — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:41:43 GMT

Since email isn't a secure method of commmunication, I use fax when I need to get documents with personal and private information to someone quickly. I never put anything in an email that I wouldn't put on the back of a postcard.

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mary0129 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:01:46 GMT

On the rare occasion when i need to fax something I go to the local office store in my town and have them do it for $1/page.

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ValuSkr — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:06:14 GMT

I think scan & email is sufficient: I haven't sent a fax in who-knows-how-long. If I did need to fax, I'd take it to Staples - I think they still do that.

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NYCLatinaMe — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:09:23 GMT

@OKPrincess wrote:
I don’t fax because I don’t have a landline.

no need for a landline. wifi multi-function devices can fax. but i haven't had the need to fax in years agree with those who state ok to hve if does not add to cost. i have had a cnon pixma for severl years. prints nice photos and black & white docs good scanner too w ocr.

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VaBelle35 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:09:18 GMT

Faxing is still used by the medical profession. It's the only reason I use it now.

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Boehm Collector — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:25:48 GMT

@Flika13 wrote:
Do you fax or email documents? My printer/fax has bit the dust and I’m wondering if I should just buy a printer without fax capabilities. I don’t use the fax option very often but when I do need it it’s nice to have. Is scanning and emailing a document more acceptable?

Hi @Flika13 ...... I mostly scan and email all my documents. However, I would never send or want to receive an email that contains a client's social security number or other confidential information. I ask my clients to either call or fax that info to me.

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september — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:45:22 GMT

@VaBelle35 wrote:
Faxing is still used by the medical profession. It's the only reason I use it now.

Yes, and I’m occasionally asked to fax something. I no longer have a fax function on my home printer/scanner. I just go to the UPS store and pay a few dollars to have them fax it.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:40:24 GMT

Printers are so inexpensive now that I'd buy a printer/fax/scanner even if I only used the fax once or twice a year. It's nice to have options and who the heck wants to drive somewhere to fax a document even if it on once a year. Interestingly, in 3 plus years, I have never used the scanner. Family and friends have asked to use my copier or my fax but no one has ever asked to use the scanner.

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glb613 — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:27:49 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
Printers are so inexpensive now that I'd buy a printer/fax/scanner even if I only used the fax once or twice a year. It's nice to have options and who the heck wants to drive somewhere to fax a document even if it on once a year. Interestingly, in 3 plus years, I have never used the scanner. Family and friends have asked to use my copier or my fax but no one has ever asked to use the scanner.

I scan all of the time to get rid of the paper clutter in my home.