How does a fax machine work? Can I fax my documents from my computer such as my resume? If not why not? ?

Question

How does a fax machine work? Can I fax my documents from my computer such as my resume? If not why not? ?

Answer 1

A fax machine scans the document (let's say a letter) and converts it into a format that is recognizable and sendable by a fax machine.  Then it's sent as part of an email. The receiving fax machine receives the document and reformats it back into its original format so the human recipient can read it. this article gives more information.

http://communication.howstuffworks.com/q...

Whether or not you can fax something from your computer depends on whether or not your operating system has a fax program. Windows XP and Vista both have faxing programs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using... >fax with XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... >fax with Vista

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