It's still hard to believe sometimes, but there are indeed fax machines alive and well in the world.
Sharp hopes to ease this pain a bit by integrating what they are calling the first fax-to-email solution right in the box. Just plug-in the Ethernet, configure a recipient's address, and Sharp's UX-MF series of all-in-ones will automatically email received faxes as an attached TIFF file. The box can also be used to fax direct from your PC or to scan and print/fax/copy documents old-school-like while leering at the receptionist. It will even print pictures received from any of the new IrSimple infrared handsets like the
SH902iS, SH902iSL and SH702iS from NTT DoCoMo capable of transferring a 2 megapixel image in less than a second. The series boasts a 4.3-inch LCD for reviewing scanned images prior to execution, an SD card reader, 2.4GHz cordless phone with answering machine, and the ability to print 26ppm monochrome or 24ppm color at 1200x1200dpi. The top-end UX-MF60CL will set you back about ¥50,800 (roughly $435), a pittance for the reward of a more sedentary lifestyle. Now please pass the donuts.
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posted Sep 22nd 2006 9:28AM
That's all we need, spammers with yet another way to send crap to our inbox, now it's 20mb tiff files advertising car loans!!
bah™
Why oh why would an electronic gadget targeted at a digital environment use the 2.4GHz range for the cordless handset?
The announcement SHOULD read:
"We have this great fax machine but you have to shut down your 802.11b/g network to use it because we wanted it to include everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. That includes a cordless handset to augment that 5.8GHz, 8 handset, expandable unit you already own but DOESN'T interfere with your wireless network. Before you go all smart-consumer on us, keep in mind that we just wanted to make a fax machine that looks good on paper. The network stuff is your problem."
Dumb.
The Xerox M20i has had fax to email (in PDF) for 3 years.
Savin and Canon MFPs have had this ability for some time as well.
I suppose this might be an affordable option for the home office or small business who can't buy a big machine, but how many of those folks rely on fax technology?
fax? wot is this fax technology?
I hate to break this to everyone, but faxing is still widely used when you needs a real signature or alternate means of getting physical copies of a document. Your options are snail mail or fax. The company I work for if you fax in a resume it gets scanned, OCR and put into a database with key words. Know one physically gets a curled up piece of paper.
a real signature?
I don't know what your experience is but anytime I need to sign something, faxing it is only a "this will do until you can get the original here."
Email didn't replace faxing, Fed Ex replaced faxing.
This won't replace faxing. What we need is Fax to Fax via IP. I'm sick of the low quality of regular faxes.
@ SamMalone
BRILLIANT! *cheers*
how is faxing needed for a real signature?
What is a fax? A 'connected' scanner/printer.
You print something out, sign it. Scan it to pdf or jpeg or what-have-you, and you email it. Why is fax needed again? Oh, that's right. For 'legacy' applications :p and businesses who still haven't got a clue (or the internet).