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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. |
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Faxing with Magic Jack Phone
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). |
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Faxing with Magic Jack Phone
"Magsmom" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Faxing with Magic Jack Phone
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 ... 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. |
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