Is a fax machine a printer?

Answer 1

Click on the link below for the answer. (The following answer is for simple faxing to (TX) the rcv mode of fax machines (RX), and does not take into account other receive modes or devices. It also assumes ideal sending and receiving circumstances.)They use a scanner that shines light on your original document, and then converts what it sees on the page into digital information.. Then it dials the number of the fax machine you want to connect to. At the end of dialing it starts to send a beep that is called the Carrier Negotiating Guard Tone (CNG tone).. When the receiving fax machine answers it puts out a screech, which is information being sent to the sending machine.. At the same time, the CNG tone lets the receiving machine know that a sending fax is present.Then the process of handshaking begins.. The receiving fax broadcasts information about its fastest connection speed. The sending machine disagrees or agrees with that speed. If it agrees sending begins, if not the receiving machine keeps stepping down in speed until the sending machine says ok.Then the machines enter the indentification stage where they pass preprogrammed information to each other about the identity of the sender and receiver. The sender's identification appears as a "logo" on the top portion of the received document. Then the digital information that was scanned at the beginning is sent to the receiving machine. The machine then converts that information to lines or "pels" that print on the page (I won't go into the various forms of printing, but..) Depending on your print method, print can either be 1:1 or exactly as you transmitted it, or it might shrink a little in order to accommodate fitting the logo and all of the information of your original page on a single page. In between each page machines generate a "EOP" or End of Page signal. At the end of the fax, there will also be a "EOL" or End of Line signal, which means the fax is done. The sending fax may then generate a receipt at the end of the fax that confirms that the fax has been received.I am skipping some minor steps and alternative possibilities in this process because its just monotonous and I don't remember all of the abbreviations. BUT the basic skeleton of what happens in the sending and receiving of a fax under ideal conditions is there..

Answer 2

== Printing in fax machines.== In fax machines, printing is done like in a normal printer. If It's an ink-jet fax, jets of ink will print documents, If it's a laser fax, it will do like in laser printers.

Answer 3

The fax machine has a sensor or scanner which sees where there is dark and light on the page, reading it as dots/lines. This is sent through the phone line. The machine at the receiving end transfers these dots/lines onto paper.

Answer 4

A fax machine sends a fax over the telephone line. When you scan a paper to initiate a fax the machine will digitize the material into a series of black and white dots. This allows the machine to transmit the information to the receiving machine where it is printed out again.

Answer 5

Usually the fax machine is half printer, but if it isn't you could always send a fax to it, and it will print out.

Answer 6

Make sure you installed properly your all in 1 printer/fax machine. Then use Microsoft fax utility.

Answer 7

It can be if you have a 4 in printer with fax, but if it just a fax machine it not a printer, Most of the old fax machine only linked to the phone and not to a pc.