Questions tagged [fax]

Fax is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device

Questions that contain details about fax, programs that create documents that need to be faxed should have this tag.

A fax (short for facsimile and sometimes called telecopying) is the telephonic transmission of scanned-in printed material (text or images), usually to a telephone number associated with a printer or other output device.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax

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Does anything like number exist?

As we use number or mailid for telephone number & email, does anything like number for fax exist?
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How can I send a fax for a pdf from a Windows Service using FAXCOMEXLib?

I've seen this question asked before, but I have not seen any definite answers, and definitely not any answers that solve my problem. I created a windows service to send faxes (semi-automatically) using the FAXCOMEXLib library. So far, my service…
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How to implement a "fax protocol"?

I want to write a program that programmatically sends faxes. Or receives faxes. But not with a modem. I guess I'm trying to write a fax simulator. Everything that the hardware does, I want to do using software. There are a billion SO questions on…
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What latency is required to make software fax using only speaker and mic?

The Story I don't possess any fax hardware, so its hard for me to communicate with people who have a fax noise answering on the phone. It is hard even to imagine that in 2012 people are still using devices that eat trees and paper for communication.…
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Send fax programmatically with Java

How can i send fax programatically with java?
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Sending Fax with python?

Ok, we aren't in the mid-1980s any more, but anyway. Are there any fax libraries for python?
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Programmatically Fax from Internet form

I'm new to programming, and my only area of expertise is web design/simple development on platforms like wordpress/expression engine. (Yea, you guys can laugh). I have a new client who currently receives medical faxes through an online form (the…
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Is there any native app for Android FAX?

I want to develop a FAX application.I searched on google and found some links ,applications for developing FAX apps on android.But I want to develop application using native app from android.In some sites i read free web services are available for…
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Can I send a fax using PHP?

I have fax numbers and I would like to send a fax message to each of the numbers programatically. What is the code to send fax message using PHP?
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Convert Image to Fax "Sound", Send via Twilio?

Would it be possible to send a fax through Twilio's api? If one could convert the image into a properly formatted audio sample, then pipe that audio through a phone call placed using Twilio's API, could it be "heard" and decoded into the proper…
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RightFax and .NET?

How easy is it to integrate RightFax with .NET/C#? We are considering FaxMan, Windows Fax Server also, but we came across RightFax. We basically need to be able to send faxes through a .NET App, monitor status etc.
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Is there a "faxto" or similar protocol?

I have a client with a fax number, and after linking their address to Google Maps, their email with a mailto:, and their phone with a callto:*, I felt wrong leaving their fax number unlinked. Is there any way I can link a fax number? * I would use…
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how to send fax (pdf) from the command line using SIP? (Linux)

I would like to integrate a system with a SIP phone, the system generates pdf files, that should be faxed to specific fax numbers (e.g. sale orders) via SIP. Is there an easy way to accomplish this? The system is run under Linux. Unfortunately, I…
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Virtual COM Ports in Windows - Fax emulator

I have a Windows application that utilizes a 3rd-party tool (FaxMan) to send faxes via a COM port attached to the PC. In order to stress test my application I want to create some virtual COM ports that pretend to have fax modems attached. I then…
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Need help getting started converting raw G3 FAX files to TIFF format via Java

I have a raw fax file (G3/T.4 format) and need to convert it into a multi-page TIFF programmatically via Java. JAI has not been successful for me so far even if I think it should work. Tools from sFaxTools have been successful for converting my raw…
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