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Makers and Making: Fax machine hell
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jschuch
Nov 6th 2009
Today the last straw landed on the camel. I'm going to gut my perfectly functional HP printer/fax/copier to scavenge whatever decent parts might be in there because I absolutely refuse to pay $40.00 for another friggin black ink cartridge. Even the off-brand refills are nearly $30.00. To add insult to injury, I can go out and buy a whole new fax machine for less than $70.00!

Since I have to have a fax machine, I started looking for better options. I have a vision of what I want but i can't find it anywhere. Maybe one of you have...

It should be a little box. There should be a connection for the phone line, a connection for power, and an ethernet (or USB) jack. It should look like a printer to my computer, and it should buffer up incoming faxes for review prior to saving, printing, or deleting. And it should work with the computers turned off.

I've googled my fingers black and blue and can't seem to find such a thing. I've seen all of the net-based fax services but I'd have to change my fax number (a bad thing). So, have any of you come across such a device?

Thanks!
John
npkeith
Nov 6th 2009
Have you tried eFax.com? Faxes come as emails, so you can read them and delete, without using any paper or ink, and you print them with any printer.
BMorse
Nov 6th 2009
Or if you have a modem in your PC, use that as a Fax machine.... look for fax software.... that is why you can not find one, because they use software with PC and only hardware is a modem....
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