A lot of office copiers, and all-in-ones have document feeders, and 1-button email sending capability.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Hammett</b> <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@ics-il.net">
asterisk-biz@ics-il.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Well, what is out there for alternatives to faxing for a simple customer?
<br>(I prefer to scan to a PDF and email, but that's all manual and not<br>something I'd tell a customer to do instead).<br><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br><a href="http://www.ics-il.com">
http://www.ics-il.com</a><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Matthew Rubenstein" <<a href="mailto:email@mattruby.com">email@mattruby.com</a>><br>To: "Aleks Clark" <<a href="mailto:aleks.clark@gmail.com">
aleks.clark@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "Asterisk -Biz" <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:06 PM<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz]
T.38<br><br><br>> Most people in business have already done exactly as you facetiously<br>> recommend. Fax machines are stuck in the 20th Century, but they're also<br>> stuck in the 21st Century office for quite a while to come. So, since
<br>> *that's what customers want*, we have to give it to them. Though a POTS<br>> fax machine which can email the document as an attached image would<br>> probably sell quite well. Until it does, Asterisk users will have to
<br>> wrestle with literal faxing.<br>><br>><br>> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 14:57 -0400, Aleks Clark wrote:<br>>> Maybe they could use some kind of, I dunno, magical transfer mechanism<br>>> via some sort of interconnected, tube-like network, some kind of fast
<br>>> postal analog. Of course, I know it's really hard to digitize paper<br>>> these days, it's not like office copiers have scanners built in or<br>>> anything! And of course, hardly anyone would have access to this
<br>>> magical tube network, so I guess my way just wouldn't work. Ah well, I<br>>> guess you guys know best. Let's all go out and buy awesome hardware,<br>>> so we can use proven, reliable 1980's technologies that have been
<br>>> shotgun-wed to current technology!<br>>><br>>> Aleks<br>>><br>>> On 9/5/07, Steve Totaro <<a href="mailto:stotaro@totarotechnologies.com">stotaro@totarotechnologies.com</a>> wrote:
<br>>> It is probably a large legal document or contract. How should<br>>> they be<br>>> doing it?<br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>> Steve<br>>><br>
>> Aleks Clark wrote:<br>>> > 31 pages? continuously? They're doing it wrong.<br>>> ><br>>> > On 9/5/07, *Mike Hammett* < <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@ics-il.net">
asterisk-biz@ics-il.net</a><br>>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@ics-il.net">asterisk-biz@ics-il.net</a>>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> > My client has a 31 page fax that they need to
<br>>> continually send out.<br>>> > Have you sent faxes this large at any frequency?<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > -----<br>>> > Mike Hammett
<br>>> > Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>>> > <a href="http://www.ics-il.com">http://www.ics-il.com</a><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> >
<br>>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>>> > *From:* Jonathan Creasy<br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jcreasy@netlogic.net">jcreasy@netlogic.net</a>><br>
>> > *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk<br>>> Discussion<br>>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
</a>><br>>> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:38 PM<br>>> > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] T.38<br>>> ><br>>> > I have not had any problems with that setup.
<br>>> ><br>>> > I have used an HP Photosmart C6180, an old Panasonic<br>>> and several<br>>> > Brother fax machines that I don't have an exact
<br>>> model for.<br>>> ><br>>> > The T.38 termination was provided by Gafachi.<br>>> ><br>>> > -Jonathan<br>>> >
<br>>> > Mike Hammett wrote:<br>>> >> I've tried the T.38 ATA + fax machine route and it<br>>> hasn't<br>>> >> worked out so well. I've used the 2102 SIP and the
<br>>> Clarent<br>>> >> CPG-201 MGCP ATAs. I've used HP OfficeJet 6110 and<br>>> a Brother<br>>> >> something fax machine. Both machines have been
<br>>> slowed down<br>>> >> and set into compatability modes.<br>>> >><br>>> >> The Linksys never really worked at all, but the CPG
<br>>> still has<br>>> >> problems every now and then.<br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >> -----<br>>> >> Mike Hammett
<br>>> >> Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>>> >> <a href="http://www.ics-il.com">http://www.ics-il.com</a><br>>> >><br>>> >>
<br>>> >><br>>> >> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> >> *From:* Jonathan Creasy<br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jcreasy@netlogic.net">
jcreasy@netlogic.net</a>><br>>> >> *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk<br>>> Discussion<br>>> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">
asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:33 AM<br>>> >> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] T.38<br>>> >>
<br>>> >> A Linksys SPA2102 (I think that's the correct<br>>> model) and a<br>>> >> regular fax machine.<br>>> >><br>>> >> -Jonathan
<br>>> >><br>>> >> Mike Hammett wrote:<br>>> >>> Does anyone have recommendations for T.38 fax<br>>> machines?<br>>> >>> The ones I've found by Oki and Ricoh were
<br>>> quite expensive.<br>>> >>><br>>> >>><br>>> >>> -----<br>>> >>> Mike Hammett<br>>> >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
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