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Fax

Advantages

  • If the sending and the receiving equipment is compatible then faxes can be sent and received in colour, otherwise they are received in black and white
  • documents can be sent almost instantaneously to the recipient
  • A fax machines gives receipt of delivery to the number you entered
  • Modern fax machine have the ability to hold address books and to send faxes to groups of people

Disadvantages

  • Confidentiality cannot be assured, e.g. the fax may be in a shared office and you never know who will pick it up.
  • The received document cannot be directly edited
  • The quality is variable - it depends on the quality of the sending and receiving machines and the original

Evaluation

  A fax machine Looks like a printer with a Number pad for dialling; Scanner to read the page. Sent via telephone line; Received by another fax machine; Fax machine prints the document —        Typical uses: Advertising; Sending draft documents; Directions; Diagrams —        Facilities of a fax machine: Send/receive 2D documents; Multiple recipients with auto-dial; Auto receive; Caller block; Delivery receipt; Summary report.

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