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What pnone/carrier do you use? Verizon |
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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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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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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. -- johnf 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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"herm" wrote in message
... WTC wrote: "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. What pnone/carrier do you use? Telus Mobility and a Motorola Timeport (around 5 years old) -- William |
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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 §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§ |
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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. -- Do not taunt zombie badgers |
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"Dan Jensen" wrote in message
... 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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"GlowingBlueMist" wrote in message
eenews.net... "Dan Jensen" wrote in message ... 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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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 ... 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)? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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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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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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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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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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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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