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Old April 16th 05, 05:55 PM
Dan Jensen
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What pnone/carrier do you use?


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Old April 16th 05, 06:02 PM
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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.


In hoping for further thoughts... the good news is that this all-in-one is
able to send a fax without having to go through the computer. It just
needs the phone line. Is there anyway to connect the all-in-one phone jack
to the cell phone?



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Old April 16th 05, 06:12 PM
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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?


Great question... the truth of the matter is that I recently switched to
high-speed cable. I come to realize that 90% of our calling is now done
through our cell phones and we are paying $25+ a month for the landline.
This surfaced the question, why not save $300 a year. I started to talk
to others who have already gone down this path. It sounds the only major
problem with getting rid of the landline is how to fax.

It looks like the leading possibility is using an online service. I am
still very hopeful that there might be a way to get either the computer or
all-in-one to the cell phone.


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Old April 16th 05, 07:52 PM
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Good reply, as you didn't previously mention before (I don't think) that you
wanted to get rid of the landline & its cost.
I also have cable, so just hooked into my normal phoneline & ran a cable &
socket to the vicinity of my PC.


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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?


Great question... the truth of the matter is that I recently switched to
high-speed cable. I come to realize that 90% of our calling is now done
through our cell phones and we are paying $25+ a month for the landline.
This surfaced the question, why not save $300 a year. I started to
talk to others who have already gone down this path. It sounds the
only major problem with getting rid of the landline is how to fax.

It looks like the leading possibility is using an online service. I am
still very hopeful that there might be a way to get either the computer
or all-in-one to the cell phone.



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Old April 16th 05, 08:29 PM
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"herm" wrote in message
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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?



Telus Mobility and a Motorola Timeport (around 5 years old)

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Old April 16th 05, 08:35 PM
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:12:09 -0700, "Dan Jensen"
wrote:

| 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?
|
|
| Great question... the truth of the matter is that I recently switched to
| high-speed cable. I come to realize that 90% of our calling is now done
| through our cell phones and we are paying $25+ a month for the landline.
| This surfaced the question, why not save $300 a year. I started to talk
| to others who have already gone down this path. It sounds the only major
| problem with getting rid of the landline is how to fax.
|
| It looks like the leading possibility is using an online service. I am
| still very hopeful that there might be a way to get either the computer or
| all-in-one to the cell phone.

Since you now have high-speed cable, you could save about $120 instead
of $300 by going with a VOIP such as Vonage and keeping the ability to
send and receive faxes via phone. I did that recently and have been
very pleased with it. Since I had been using the cell phone for 100%
of my long distance calls, I was able to save further by cutting my
level of cell service and using Vonage for most long distance.

Larc



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Old April 16th 05, 11:41 PM
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In message "Dan Jensen"
wrote:

In hoping for further thoughts... the good news is that this all-in-one is
able to send a fax without having to go through the computer. It just
needs the phone line. Is there anyway to connect the all-in-one phone jack
to the cell phone?


Not unless you have an analog phone.


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Old April 16th 05, 11:45 PM
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"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
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Snip
In hoping for further thoughts... the good news is that this all-in-one is
able to send a fax without having to go through the computer. It just
needs the phone line. Is there anyway to connect the all-in-one phone
jack to the cell phone?



Go to the following link and check out the http://sandman.com/pouches.html
"Cellular POTS Adapters" a little way down the page.

With luck they will have one that fits your cellular phone. Rather than
pluging in a "Ma Bell" style phone into the adaptor you would plug in your
fax machine.


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Old April 16th 05, 11:48 PM
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"GlowingBlueMist" wrote in message
eenews.net...
"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
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Snip
In hoping for further thoughts... the good news is that this all-in-one
is able to send a fax without having to go through the computer. It
just needs the phone line. Is there anyway to connect the all-in-one
phone jack to the cell phone?



Go to the following link and check out the http://sandman.com/pouches.html
"Cellular POTS Adapters" a little way down the page.

With luck they will have one that fits your cellular phone. Rather than
pluging in a "Ma Bell" style phone into the adaptor you would plug in your
fax machine.


Rats, I did more reading and it appears the units will not support a fax
feed after all, or at least the one I read the docs on. Sorry.


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Old April 17th 05, 02:23 AM
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Efax has a free incoming fax option if you receive less than 25 faxes a
month. I think it's 25. Any more than that and you have to sign up for a
paid account.


"Al Dykes" wrote in message
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In article ,
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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Old April 17th 05, 07:34 AM
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"Fitz" wrote in message
. com...
Efax has a free incoming fax option if you receive less than 25 faxes a
month. I think it's 25. Any more than that and you have to sign up for a
paid account.



That's right. Problem is, you can't control incoming faxes - if some idiot
decides to send you a 26-page fax then bang goes your free account. It
happened to me so now I've dropped Efax.

J


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Old April 17th 05, 04:28 PM
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You are correct. However I've had 3 free efax accounts for several years
now. I've only received two 2 page faxes not meant for me. I contacted
efax and they deleted those faxes from my monthly quota. But as I said, you
can sign up for send2fax.com to send and receive faxes. I just didn't like
paying to receive faxes so I used the efax accounts.


"John Rampling" wrote in message
...

"Fitz" wrote in message
. com...
Efax has a free incoming fax option if you receive less than 25 faxes a
month. I think it's 25. Any more than that and you have to sign up for
a paid account.



That's right. Problem is, you can't control incoming faxes - if some idiot
decides to send you a 26-page fax then bang goes your free account. It
happened to me so now I've dropped Efax.

J



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Old April 27th 05, 11:45 AM
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Although I don't believe the LG VX4500 has the capability to send faxes you
can purchase mobiles with this feature. I would suggest you contact your
local telecommunications provider.

Ray Chapman

"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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Old April 27th 05, 12:41 PM
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:58:51 +0100, "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...


Hmm, I've used my Motorola Startac for faxing (Alltel) for 3 or 4
years ... I do not receive faxes via it, however. I _HAVE_ had some
receiving machines that don't work correctly with it, an OKIFAX 8650
being the worst.

The modem driver for it came with the cable ... it is old TrueSync
which does NOT work to download the phonebook, which I why I bought
it.

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Old April 27th 05, 02:36 PM
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For along time I had a service that was free then thru which you sent
and received faxes via the internet. A google search would probably
show you several of these.

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:45:57 +1000, "Rayumond Chapman"
wrote:

Although I don't believe the LG VX4500 has the capability to send faxes you
can purchase mobiles with this feature. I would suggest you contact your
local telecommunications provider.

Ray Chapman

"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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