The telephone predated the fax machine by many decades.
The fax machine for the telephone was not invented until the 1960s. It was first marketed by the Xerox Corporations in 1964.
Fax machine's functions and other mechanical features does not change much over the years.
The "original" version of the fax machine was invented by Alexander Bain. The first "fax service" was put into place by giovanni Caselli. Xerox is generally credited with the "modern day" fax machine in the 1960s.
The first fax machine was invented Alexander Bain in 1843.
Alexander Bain
Alexander grayham bell for telephoneAnswerThe other respondent is right, Alexander Bell invented the telephone while Alexander Bain a Scottish physicist invented the fax machine on 1847.
First fax machine was introduced in 1843 in England by Alexander Bain.
First, "Fax" is simply military shorthand for, "Facsimile (fack-simm-uh-lee). The Scot, Alexander Bain, invented the facsimile machine in the year 1843 using the technology of Samuel F.B. Morse, who had invented the telegraph machine a few years earlier. The first fax machine was created by Alexander Bain, an inventor from Scotland. He received a patent for his invention in 1843, before the telephone was invented. Though this was more than 100 years before it became a part of every day life.
To send a fax to Australia (or anywhere in the world that had a telephone system) is the same as making a telephone call. You first dial the overseas connection, then the country code, then the area code and finally the telephone number assigned to the fax machine.
First make sure it is hooked up to a telephone line. Place your fax in the machine. Be sure it is in the correct way. There should be a diagram in the manuel. Then simply dial the fax number where you want to send the fax and press go!
Make sure that you have separate phone line for you fax machine and separate for your telephone. If not, even normal calls will make your fax machine rings.
Make sure that you have separate phone line for you fax machine and separate for your telephone. If not, even normal calls will make your fax machine rings.