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Sending a fax
Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in
WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. |
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... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. And that's a big clue that you aren't using a fax modem connected to a phone line. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer You cannot fax with a DSL modem. You need a fax-modem, which connects to an analog phone line, just like a regular phone. This also needs to use a DSL filter. Many systems now do not have fax-modems, and it's getting harder to find them. and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. The network connection isn't relevant to faxing, since you need a fax-modem on a phone line. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. Is that one connected to a phone line? This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. Pick up the handset on the Lexmark and listen for the dial tone. If it doesn't have one, it may not be connected to a phone line with a filter. HTH -pk |
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Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my
computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? As for our current setup on my husband's computer, the phone jack has the dual phone jack that AT&T send us, with half (filtered) for the phone, and the other half for the dsl modem. Don't know if that answers your question or not. BTW, there is no handset on the Lexmark. "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. And that's a big clue that you aren't using a fax modem connected to a phone line. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer You cannot fax with a DSL modem. You need a fax-modem, which connects to an analog phone line, just like a regular phone. This also needs to use a DSL filter. Many systems now do not have fax-modems, and it's getting harder to find them. and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. The network connection isn't relevant to faxing, since you need a fax-modem on a phone line. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. Is that one connected to a phone line? This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. Pick up the handset on the Lexmark and listen for the dial tone. If it doesn't have one, it may not be connected to a phone line with a filter. HTH -pk |
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:20:37 -0500, "Joy"
wrote: Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? As for our current setup on my husband's computer, the phone jack has the dual phone jack that AT&T send us, with half (filtered) for the phone, and the other half for the dsl modem. Don't know if that answers your question or not. BTW, there is no handset on the Lexmark. Get one of those connectors that split the phone connector so that two lines can be connected through it. Phone to one side, computer to other. They can be found practically anywhere phone cords, etc. are sold. "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message . .. "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. And that's a big clue that you aren't using a fax modem connected to a phone line. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer You cannot fax with a DSL modem. You need a fax-modem, which connects to an analog phone line, just like a regular phone. This also needs to use a DSL filter. Many systems now do not have fax-modems, and it's getting harder to find them. and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. The network connection isn't relevant to faxing, since you need a fax-modem on a phone line. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. Is that one connected to a phone line? This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. Pick up the handset on the Lexmark and listen for the dial tone. If it doesn't have one, it may not be connected to a phone line with a filter. HTH -pk |
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Joy wrote:
Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? No, "regular" modems were just that, and didn't have fax capabilities. Fax modems are different, in that they have that additional capability. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Joy wrote:
Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? You probably had a "data/fax modem." Although in the earliest days of dial-up internet, data-only modems were the norm, these combination devices soon became popular. Both data modems and fax modems send their signals over a regular telephone connection, which is why you had to stop using the data part of the modem (take the computer off line) in order to use the fax part of the modem (send a fax) and is also why you couldn't make or receive telephone calls while you were online or sending a fax. People who use fax machines a lot often get a second telephone line just for the fax machine. As for our current setup on my husband's computer, the phone jack has the dual phone jack that AT&T send us, with half (filtered) for the phone, and the other half for the dsl modem. Don't know if that answers your question or not. BTW, there is no handset on the Lexmark. Although DSL modems connect to the same physical wire as your telephone, a DSL modem is very different from a data or fax modem. Faxes can't be sent using a DSL modem. If you have a fax modem built into your computer, you could connect it to the jack on the "dual phone jack" into which your phone normally connects. In that case, you would be able to send a fax using the built-in Win XP fax service *if* the Win XP fax service decided it liked your particular modem. This software is notoriously picky about the hardware it will work with. If your new Lexmark All-In-One has fax capability, that means that it has a fax modem built into it. This is completely separate from your computer. In order to use the AIO to send a fax, you will have to connect it to the same jack where your telephone now connects (as in the above example) or to a second telephone line. Windows XP Fax can't use your AIO to send a fax. Whether you can send a fax from your computer using the AIO (as compared to sending a fax directly from the AIO using its front panel controls) depends on the software supplied with the device. "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. And that's a big clue that you aren't using a fax modem connected to a phone line. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer You cannot fax with a DSL modem. You need a fax-modem, which connects to an analog phone line, just like a regular phone. This also needs to use a DSL filter. Many systems now do not have fax-modems, and it's getting harder to find them. and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. The network connection isn't relevant to faxing, since you need a fax-modem on a phone line. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. Is that one connected to a phone line? This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. Pick up the handset on the Lexmark and listen for the dial tone. If it doesn't have one, it may not be connected to a phone line with a filter. HTH -pk -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm |
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:37:04 -0700, Bruce Chambers
wrote: Joy wrote: Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? No, "regular" modems were just that, and didn't have fax capabilities. Fax modems are different, in that they have that additional capability. How many years has it been since "regular" modems were sold? I believe modems have had faxing capability for at least 10 years now. |
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"Joy" wrote in message
... Back when I had dial up, I had installed some fax software (WinFax) in my computer, and I could send faxes then as long as I took the computer offline thus freeing up the phone line. Was the "regular" modem thus the fax modem you are talking about? Yes, and the fax call was a different call from the dial-up. You have to hang up one call to make the other. It's rarer now for this to be the case, but not all modems have fax capabilities. As for our current setup on my husband's computer, the phone jack has the dual phone jack that AT&T send us, with half (filtered) for the phone, and the other half for the dsl modem. Don't know if that answers your question Yes. Your system must have a fax-modem, and it must be plugged into the same part of the line that your phone is. There needs to be a filter. You configure the fax software to talk to the fax modem, not the DSL, and when it goes off hook to send a fax you should hear a dialtone if you have the speaker set to on. Having the speaker on is annoying during regular use, but very helpful while setting up. or not. BTW, there is no handset on the Lexmark. Often these - and all modems - have two jacks, one for incoming phone line and one for a phone (or handset). Attach a regular phone to that 2nd jack and pick up the handset. If there's no dialtone, the modem or multifunction isn't connected to the phone line, and you won't be able to fax. Message-waiting dialtone beeps can also cause a no-dialtone message. HTH -pk "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. And that's a big clue that you aren't using a fax modem connected to a phone line. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer You cannot fax with a DSL modem. You need a fax-modem, which connects to an analog phone line, just like a regular phone. This also needs to use a DSL filter. Many systems now do not have fax-modems, and it's getting harder to find them. and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. The network connection isn't relevant to faxing, since you need a fax-modem on a phone line. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. Is that one connected to a phone line? This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. Pick up the handset on the Lexmark and listen for the dial tone. If it doesn't have one, it may not be connected to a phone line with a filter. HTH -pk |
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:29:32 -0500, "Joy"
wrote: Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. You are apparently trying to send a fax over the DSL line. That's not possible. The fax modem needs to be connected to a dial-up line. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Thank you one and all. I may need someone (locally) to show me if/how I can
hook up a phone line to my old (in the computer) modem in order to send a fax (and, I assume, bypass the dsl modem temporarily). But there's no rush, I don't send faxes very often; just had this one that needed to go out this week, and we took it to our bank to send it! Thanks again. "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. |
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"Joy" wrote:
Thank you one and all. I may need someone (locally) to show me if/how I can hook up a phone line to my old (in the computer) modem in order to send a fax (and, I assume, bypass the dsl modem temporarily). There SHOULD be a connector on your computer for a standard phone line. If there isn't, then your computer doesn't have a modem (hard to imagine). You only need to plug a standard flat phone cord into that, and then into an adapter on the DSL filter that will allow you to share that connection with the stand alone fax machine. The adapter is pictured here (2-way/3-way). http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/pr...oducts_id=2226 Buy one locally for about a dollar. But there's no rush, I don't send faxes very often; just had this one that needed to go out this week, and we took it to our bank to send it! Thanks again. "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. |
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Yes, I have one (or more) of those (2-way), but I don't have a stand alone
fax machine; I was trying to use the fax capability in Windows XP. "Danny Krychek" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote: Thank you one and all. I may need someone (locally) to show me if/how I can hook up a phone line to my old (in the computer) modem in order to send a fax (and, I assume, bypass the dsl modem temporarily). There SHOULD be a connector on your computer for a standard phone line. If there isn't, then your computer doesn't have a modem (hard to imagine). You only need to plug a standard flat phone cord into that, and then into an adapter on the DSL filter that will allow you to share that connection with the stand alone fax machine. The adapter is pictured here (2-way/3-way). http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/pr...oducts_id=2226 Buy one locally for about a dollar. But there's no rush, I don't send faxes very often; just had this one that needed to go out this week, and we took it to our bank to send it! Thanks again. "Joy" wrote in message ... Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. |
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"Danny Krychek" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote: Thank you one and all. I may need someone (locally) to show me if/how I can hook up a phone line to my old (in the computer) modem in order to send a fax (and, I assume, bypass the dsl modem temporarily). There SHOULD be a connector on your computer for a standard phone line. If there isn't, then your computer doesn't have a modem (hard to imagine). Not hard at all. While most laptops still have a modem, few desktops do these days. |
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My computer is a laptop (connected to a docking station most of the time).
"M.I.5¾" wrote in message ... "Danny Krychek" wrote in message ... "Joy" wrote: Thank you one and all. I may need someone (locally) to show me if/how I can hook up a phone line to my old (in the computer) modem in order to send a fax (and, I assume, bypass the dsl modem temporarily). There SHOULD be a connector on your computer for a standard phone line. If there isn't, then your computer doesn't have a modem (hard to imagine). Not hard at all. While most laptops still have a modem, few desktops do these days. |
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You need to get a doubler that allows you to connect a fax/modem cable as
well as DSL cable. This then allows you to send faxes as well as use internet via your dsl line! Your DSL modem must have come with a doubler. hth Joy wrote: Trying for the first time to send a fax, using the "built in" fax in WindowsXP. Got all the way to the send part, and it said No Dial Tone. We recently got dsl, and the modem is hard wired to my husband's computer and then we have a Wireless router to send the signal to my computer. I thought perhaps that was why No Dial Tone. So then I tried using my husband's new Lexmark All-In-One and its fax capability. This time it "found" the modem, but nevertheless when it finally got to the sending phase, it also said No Dial Tone. |
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