Prepared By: Bissan Sbakhi 120080022 Supervised By: Mr. :Ahmed Abu Msameh

1. Fax Prepared By:  Bissan Sbakhi 120080022 Supervised By: Mr. :Ahmed Abu Msameh

2. A fax (short for facsimile and sometimes called telecopying) is the telephonic transmission of scanned-in printed material (text or images), usually to a telephone number associated with a printer or other output device.

3. Fax nowadays:Nowadays fax machines are one of the most important office equipment. This fax machine usually sends and receives a document through a telephone line. Using fax machine (facsimile machine) we can send documents to any point of the world as very convenient and easy. The important feature of the fax machine is that printing technology. Nearly all the fax machines use plain office paper. Inkjet faxes can usually print, copy and fax the text in color. Laser fax machines are also available usually to print sharper text

4. Original document is scanned with a fax machine, which treats the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting. In this digital form, the information is transmitted as electrical signals through the telephone system

5. :ADVANTAGES OF FAXConvenienceSometimes it is important to receive a document as quickly as possible. Fax machines are a great option if it is a paper that can not easily be sent through email. SpeedUsing a fax machine is much faster than sending an item through the U.S. Postal Service. This can be important if you are working on a deadline and need to ship a document somewhere quickly. Instead of paying the additional cost for express shipping, you can fax it to the recipient.Efax ServicesIf you do not have a physical fax machine, you can turn your computer into a fax machine by signing up for an Internet faxing company such as efax. With efax, you receive software on your computer that allows you to use it as a fax machine

6. Phone Connection Reliability:Using a fax machine puts you at the mercy of the reliability of phone lines, or Internet connections in the case of using efax software. If there is a network outage for either of these, shipping it via express mail would be more reliable. :Requires a Human RecipientYou don't have to worry about just your own fax machine when you are faxing a document. You must be concerned about the availability of the fax machine of the person to whom you are faxing a document. To avoid possible problems with paper jams or a lack of ink in the fax machine, another person must be able to confirm receipt of the fax and that it printed

7. Fax machine is used to send and receive a copy or image of important documents such as contract, receipts, legal documents and forms necessary in business transactions. The trend in faxing right now is internet fax, where in fax documents are transmitted over the internet instead of the phone line