Online faxing utilizes an online fax service provider to convert a fax

Fax

Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...

 transmission into file that can be received via email or a fax machine. Online fax services bridge the gap between the traditional fax technology and internet transmission of documents. When you sign up with an online fax service, you will be assigned a dedicated fax phone number that will convert incoming faxes to electric document that are automatically sent to your computer or fax machine. Document is converted to TIFF or PDF format and attached to an e-mail

E-mail

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

 in MIME format. The service also allow you to send document like Word, PDF's, or pictures file.

See also

• Fax
  Fax
  Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...
  
  
• Internet fax
  Internet fax
  Internet fax uses the Internet to receive and send faxes.Internet faxing, "e-Fax" or "online faxing" is a general term which refers to sending a document facsimile using the Internet, rather than using only phone networks with a fax machine.Depending on the specific method/implementation ,...
  
  

External links

• Secret Life of The Fax Machine - Illustrated History by Cartoonist Tim Hunkin
  Tim Hunkin
  Tim Hunkin is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist living in Suffolk, England. He is best known for creating the Channel Four television series The Secret Life of Machines, in which he explains the workings and history of various household devices...
  
  
• Secret Life of The Fax Machine (FreeStreaming Video) - from Tim Hunkin
  Tim Hunkin
  Tim Hunkin is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist living in Suffolk, England. He is best known for creating the Channel Four television series The Secret Life of Machines, in which he explains the workings and history of various household devices...
  
  's Secret Life of Machines TV Series
• A Brief History of Facsimile, at HFFAX wireless facsimile site
• The historical evolution of Fax, at technikum29, museum of calculator, computer and communication technology
• Group 3 Facsimile Communication a '97 essay with technical details on compression and error codes, and call establishment and release.
• List of free online fax services around the world, Free online fax resources
• Online Fax Provider Plan Comparison Compares the faxing packages from online fax providers