Faxing with Magic Jack Phone

How do I configure my Fax services to use my Magic Jack Phone instead of a
standard phone modem? I am a fairly competent computer user in general, but
am a completely innocent babe in the woods when it comes to this function.
Please be gentle.

Magsmom wrote:
How do I configure my Fax services to use my Magic Jack Phone instead of a
standard phone modem? I am a fairly competent computer user in general, but
am a completely innocent babe in the woods when it comes to this function.
Please be gentle.

Sometimes it's better to just get the pain over with and rip the bandage
off quickly.

Magic Jack is designed to allow your computer and broadband connection
to substitute for a phone line. A fax/dial up modem is designed to be a
SLOW substitute for broadband and a fax machine (fortunately that
function operates at full speed). Pretty much opposite functions. The
facsimile functions of Windows (and most other facsimile software)
wouldn't know how to use the Magic Jack as a fax modem, even if such
function is electronically feasible.

I don't know if the signal processing Magic Jack utilizes maintains
enough fidelity to allow a fax machine to operate through it. In the
event that it is (considering it such would be a gamble) fax function
would probably require the installation of a Fax modem (internal ones
were at one time CHEAP) and a modular phone connection between the fax
modem and the Magic Jack hardware.

Better probability of success using an on-line fax relay service. Google
"fax over Internet" (use the quotes).

"Magsmom" wrote in message
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How do I configure my Fax services to use my Magic Jack Phone instead of a
standard phone modem? I am a fairly competent computer user in general,
but
am a completely innocent babe in the woods when it comes to this function.
Please be gentle.


Magic Jack has an extensive FAQ on their website.
http://www.magicjack.com/2/faq/

Part is he

Your Question

Can I send and receive faxes using magicJack?


Answer

SOMETIMES.

We do not officially support using faxing with magicJack.

Please try the following steps to use magicJack with your fax (contact your
fax manufacturer for details):

Turn off error correction on your fax machine or program
Set the fax machine or program to use the slowest speed available
Increase the speed, checking at each speed that faxes work

i've done this with winfax,
all you need to do is plug the telephone cable end of the magic jack into
the back of the line-in of your fax modem, and voila...you can send
faxes...mileage may vary as VoIP for faxing isn't always reliable. You may
have to adjust settings in the fax software in regards to transmission
speed, flow control etc.

here is a link
http://www.getfaxing.com/winfax/2008...ng-winfax-pro/


"Magsmom" wrote in message
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How do I configure my Fax services to use my Magic Jack Phone instead of a
standard phone modem? I am a fairly competent computer user in general,
but
am a completely innocent babe in the woods when it comes to this function.
Please be gentle.