How to Fax without a Landline???
 

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding me
back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as most
the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my printer
(HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer (Gateway
500XL)?

Dan Jensen wrote:
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing
that is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to
use online services as most the time I am sending personal
information.
Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?

No. Faxing requires the use of an analogue fax modem attached to a
land-based phone line. How on earth you thought you could attach a mobile to
a printer and use it as a fax machine, I really don't know. Fax data signals
need to be carried by cables they don't (TTBOMK) travel very well through
air...

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In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/

I've seen Fax software for dial-up modems...usually it came with the
software for the modem like my parent's 3Com v.92 modem.

Just search around on google "fax software + modem" or somesuch.

I wonder if it's possible to do this on broadband using voip? hehhehehe.

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Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding me
back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as most
the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my printer
(HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer (Gateway
500XL)?





http://www.hushmail.com/services-securefax

You can either pay to keep a featureless landline or pay for this kind
of service... Or run a line from your neighbor's house.

I use a free efax.com account to receive faxes and a low cost alternative of
send2fax.com to send faxes. Works fine. Very reliable faxing.


"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
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Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding
me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as
most the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer
(Gateway 500XL)?

There are some models of cell phones that can be used as a mobile fax modem.
You would be required to have the phone's optional interface connectors, and
software package. You will need to use a computer, connected to the cell
phone, as if it was a modem.

I have a laptop where I am doing this with a Motorola V270c Travelmate cell
phone. I can also use the cell phone as a dialup modem for internet
services.

Take care that cell phones are expensive to use for data services. Before
getting involved like this, it is best to call your local telephone company
and make enquiries about their fees for these services.

--

JANA
_____


"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
...
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding me
back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as most
the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my printer
(HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer (Gateway
500XL)?

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
...
Dan Jensen wrote:
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing
that is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to
use online services as most the time I am sending personal
information.
Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?

No. Faxing requires the use of an analogue fax modem attached to a
land-based phone line. How on earth you thought you could attach a
mobile to a printer and use it as a fax machine, I really don't know.
Fax data signals need to be carried by cables they don't (TTBOMK)
travel very well through air...



My cell phone can receive and send faxes, and then you attach it to the
computer to print the fax.

--
William

Dan Jensen wrote:

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding me
back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as most
the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my printer
(HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer (Gateway
500XL)?


I suppose you use a ouiji board for the net...

Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:

Dan Jensen wrote:

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing
that is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to
use online services as most the time I am sending personal
information.
Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?


No. Faxing requires the use of an analogue fax modem attached to a
land-based phone line. How on earth you thought you could attach a mobile to
a printer and use it as a fax machine, I really don't know. Fax data signals
need to be carried by cables they don't (TTBOMK) travel very well through
air...

Not true.
Fax signals have been sent by radio for over 40 years.
Thers is at least one story of a FAX signal being sent via a light
beam (early 1800s).

Getting rid of your landline eliminates the ability to fax normaly, as you
know,
I gather the landline connection is part of your normal phoneline, so why
not just continue to use it that way for faxing only?


--

johnf

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that
is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use
online services as most the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?

In message "Miss
Perspicacia Tick" wrote:

Dan Jensen wrote:
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing
that is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to
use online services as most the time I am sending personal
information.
Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?

No. Faxing requires the use of an analogue fax modem attached to a
land-based phone line. How on earth you thought you could attach a mobile to
a printer and use it as a fax machine, I really don't know. Fax data signals
need to be carried by cables they don't (TTBOMK) travel very well through
air...

Well, in fairness it's not just a printer, it's a multifunction device
which includes a "fax' feature.

In reality, most of the HP multifunction units I've played with don't
really support faxing natively, they simply instruct the PC to pass the
scanned document to a fax client. However, I haven't bothered to look
up this model, it might have an integrated fax component (modem).

More importantly, many cell phones are capable of acting as modems
supporting both modem and fax style data calls. There is no modem in
the phone itself, it passes the digital data and the conversion to
analog happens on the cell company's side.

All that being said, unless the multifunction can handle an external
modem, it's not possible to use it in this way without a PC. With a PC
in the middle and an appropriate datacable or bluetooth capable phone,
it shouldn't be a problem.

--
Like a lot of husbands throughout history, Mr. Webster
would sit down and try to talk to his wife.
As soon as he'd say something though, she'd fire back with,
"And just what the hell is THAT supposed to mean?"
Thus, Webster's Dictionary was born.

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Fitz wrote:
I use a free efax.com account to receive faxes and a low cost alternative of
send2fax.com to send faxes. Works fine. Very reliable faxing.


Why do you use efax for incomming calls. Is there something efax does
that send2fax doesn't ?






"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
...
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding
me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as
most the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer
(Gateway 500XL)?





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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

WTC wrote:

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
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Dan Jensen wrote:

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing
that is holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to
use online services as most the time I am sending personal
information.
Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?

No. Faxing requires the use of an analogue fax modem attached to a
land-based phone line. How on earth you thought you could attach a
mobile to a printer and use it as a fax machine, I really don't know.
Fax data signals need to be carried by cables they don't (TTBOMK)
travel very well through air...




My cell phone can receive and send faxes, and then you attach it to the
computer to print the fax.

What pnone/carrier do you use?

theyak wrote:

In article , says...

Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am playing
with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is holding me
back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online services as most
the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my printer
(HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my computer (Gateway
500XL)?






http://www.hushmail.com/services-securefax

You can either pay to keep a featureless landline or pay for this kind
of service... Or run a line from your neighbor's house.

Nice site--Thank You!

Efax is fine BUT they pulled the plug on my free service when I overran my
monthly allowance for received faxes. That meant either paying or switching
to another provider. Paying was out of the question because Efax is based in
the USA and I live in the UK so all calls would have been international and
the cost would have been crippling. Switching to another supplier (and in
fact I couldn't find one as good) would have meant losing my fax number that
I had given to all my contacts. Since I need a landline anyway I dropped
Efax and reverted to faxing through my modem.
J

"Fitz" wrote in message
. com...
I use a free efax.com account to receive faxes and a low cost alternative
of send2fax.com to send faxes. Works fine. Very reliable faxing.


"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
...
Since everyone in the family has cell phones with voice mail, I am
playing with the idea of getting rid of the landline. One thing that is
holding me back is how to fax. I am a little reluctant to use online
services as most the time I am sending personal information.

Is there a way I could use my cell phone (LG VX4500) with either my
printer (HP psc 2210 all-in-one) or connect it to the modem of my
computer (Gateway 500XL)?