Desktop Faxing

Working from home today I had a need for a fax machine, which I don't have. A coworker needed to fax me a report with handwritten changes.

Obviously this could have been scanned, but using our new scanner sucks. Fax machines are nice, because everyone knows how to use them. You can setup desktop faxing in Windows XP, if you have a modem and a phone line handy. I didn't have a land line installed in my home office.

I signed up with FaxAway: http://www.faxaway.com/. 5 minutes later, I received the attached changes from my coworker. FaxAway requires a $10.00 deposit via your credit card, but you don't use that money unless you send faxes. Incoming faxes are free. They come to an email address of your choice. Outgoing faxes are 10 cents. To send you print to the fax printer like you would a PDF.

It's great!