Fax from in the truck

[bayouhotshot]

Do any of you have the ability to send an recieve faxes from the truck?

How did you set it up?

I have a laptop with a built in verizon wireless card i have 110v in the truck so thats not a problem

 

[gotta go]

I don't send and receive actual faxes, but having a scanner and sending email attachments works well.

 

[bayouhotshot]

that wont work for me im wanting to turn off the fax at my house and put it in the truck so i need to get faxes and send them if i have to sign stuff or fill out paperwork

 

[pelicn]

We have a scanner in the truck and use MyFax MyFax Online Fax Service | Send and Receive Fax Online

to fax things in or out. I use it all the time.

 

[bayouhotshot]

What fax machine do yall use i really need one that has a copier, Scanner, fax, and printer

 

[pelicn]

We don't have a fax machine, we have a scanner that will scan to PDF format, and a printer. What I do, if I receive a fax through MyFax, I just print it with my printer. If I need to fax something to someone, I scan it, save to PDF file and attach it to an email. The email would be addressed to the persons fax number like this ([email protected]) and it will go to that persons fax machine.

 

[CharlesD]

Efax is pretty good. I have an HP multi function printer with a scanner and a document feeder. I scan the pages in and the efax software will open the image files and fax them. Incoming faxes come into your email inbox and the efax software will open the attachments.

 

[pelicn]

We used E-Fax until I discovered MyFax was cheaper and used just your email.

 

[CharlesD]

We used E-Fax until I discovered MyFax was cheaper and used just your email.

I like some of the features the efax software has. You can scan in an image of your signature and attach that to documents, which is handy with signing rate agreements.

 

[pelicn]

That is a good feature.

 

[chefdennis]

Ok I even though i am charged each month for TransGo, I hate it and don't use it. i fax all my bills in avg 5 buck for 3 pages....its a writeoff...but...so a small printer/scanner and an email fax service is all it takes...hmmmm...

Ok so the e-mail is sent to a fax machine as an attachment and it prints out on the recieving fax?? or do they have to open the e-mail and then print the attachment?

Other thn learning how to do it, my other issue is finding SPACE for the printer/scanner.....one can only get soo much "stuff" in a CV....

Jeanie do you E-mail your BOL's to Bolt??? Guess i'll have to call the office on monday and see if this will work for them...

 

[CharlesD]

Ok so the e-mail is sent to a fax machine as an attachment and it prints out on the recieving fax?? or do they have to open the e-mail and then print the attachment?

With efax your document is converted to their format and loaded to a server and then faxed from there. At the receiving end it just goes straight to their fax machine and prints like any other incoming fax, but it will have a cover sheet with your name and fax number on it. A small multi function printer doesn't really take up much space. I have this one.

 

[greg334]

Ok so the e-mail is sent to a fax machine as an attachment and it prints out on the recieving fax?? or do they have to open the e-mail and then print the attachment?

It is an all automated. When the email comes in, the PDF is opened and 'printed' into another file, the email contents is parsed out of the email and used as a cover letter with the PDF contents as the following pages. No one sees it, and it isn't even a "fax machine" but a modem used as a fax.

 

[pelicn]

We have an HP Deskjet 460 mobile printer and Neatworks scanner. It doesn't take up much room at all

 

[bayouhotshot]

i went with myfax $110 a year 100 outgoing and 200 incoming and this is the machine i ordered Brother - Black-and-White Multifunction Laser Printer/ Copier/ Scanner - DCP-7040

 

[dletheridge]

I use Ring Central.

Online Fax Service and Software by RingCentral

When I get a fax it comes to my inbox as a pdf file. Sending a fax has many possibilities I can send an email, take a word,excel,pdf and several other formats click and drag to a "control panel". You can also mix the file types and send multiple ones.

If I need to get an external document sent I scan it in and then take the file (PDF) and click and drag it.

 

[dletheridge]

We have an HP Deskjet 460 mobile printer and Neatworks scanner. It doesn't take up much room at all

Where did you get that scanner?

 

[NightDriver]

Where did you get that scanner?

Hossman and I bought a NeatReceipts scanner at Sam's Club for about $150. It's small, easy to set up, and almost eliminates the need to make copies and otherwise manage receipts. I'd recommend it to anyone in this business.

 

[pelicn]

I got mine from Office Depot, but I've seen them at Best Buy, Staples, Sams, Costco etc. You can also order it directly from
The Neat Company - Scanners and Scanner Software

 

[ebsprintin]

I don't even bother with the printer. I had one but never used it, so I abandoned it at one of my stops. For the occasional hardcopy, I go to the library or kinkos. I still like flatbed scanner, but even with those, they're no bigger than a laptop these days.

I also don't bother with faxing. I figure if a company is stuck in the stone ages of fax machines then they are too far behind for me. Scan it and email ,or something more "today".

Have you seen the pen scanners? They are nearly the size of a pen. Slide it down the page and it scans into internal memory. Scanned files can be bluetoothed to a bluetooth enabled computer.

eb