Friday, March 6, 2009

Internet Faxing Software

By Brian Stratmore

Faxing has advanced since it appeared back in the 70s. Back then and in the 80's it was a very convenient to send a document, you just invested on a machine and you could be sending and receiving documents with some effort.

Now we live in a digital era, and fax has evolved thanks in great part to the development of Internet faxing software.

Internet faxing software is much easier to use than traditional faxing, it is cheaper and it is also more reliable. Then why are people still stuck with old fax machines?

Some people and businesses have accustomed so much to old technology that they are afraid to make the jump to internet faxing. What they don't know is that it is hundreds of time easier to fax this way!

To use fax Internet fax software with success, you need access to the Internet, the program itself and an email address/account. You will also need a scanner if you plan to send hard copies of documents.

Once you have these, you only need to rely on the program as it takes care of all. Fax machines manage faxes with the TIFF file format. A fax program converts the TIFF file to a file readable through your email and the same happens the other way.

This way, you will also be able to send a fax directly from your mostly used applications, knowing that the program will convert it. This feature allows you to send a fax with the push of a button for example right after typing your document in Word.

Faxing software is one of the most valuable tools for businesses, big and small. And each model of business can find options that will fit best. For example a heavy use of faxing is needed by big companies and features such as fax servers and fax broadcasting will be needed.

Is there a point against fax software? Not really, for some, it may be the learning curve, but that's just a small investment to improve our fax communications, save time, money and increase productivity. - 15790

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