Fax

[SalixIncendium]

 

[an anarchist]

What is a fax? Is that when you print the text message?

 

[ChristineM]

@SalixIncendium

Faxes have been hit by technology since your post #1

See below a more modern laser colour fax with built in copier and printer.

They also make a bulky but useful door stop

 

[Eddi]

So it's basically a cross between a telephone, a scanner, and a printer?

I've never used one of those

 

[SalixIncendium]

So it's basically a cross between a telephone, a scanner, and a printer?

Kinda. The document is scanned into a fax machine at one end and is converted to digital data, and it is transmitted to another fax machine through telephone lines, and printed on that machine.

 

[mangalavara]

This is nice to see. It reminds me of the good ol’ days when I was growing up.

I used to watch the Late Show with David Letterman. He once mentioned some random guy who gave him the finger every time the guy saw Letterman. Then, he joked that the guy even faxed him the finger. There was then a very brief scene of Letterman checking his fax machine and receiving the finger via fax. Lol.

 

[Stevicus]

So it's basically a cross between a telephone, a scanner, and a printer?

I've never used one of those

When I first encountered them, we called them "telecopiers," since they were just like copy machines, except it went over telephone lines and printed out a copy on another machine. Image quality was usually not so great, but it was useful when documents had to be sent quickly. At some point, they started calling them "facsimile" machines, and then shortened to "fax."

It didn't have the same chemical smell as the old mimeograph ("ditto") machines.

 

[Subduction Zone]

So it's basically a cross between a telephone, a scanner, and a printer?

I've never used one of those

They are all the rage among us young whippersnappers. I have one that looks almost just like that.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Mine is all out of paper. I can send but I cannot receive.

 

[Stevicus]

Speaking of old technologies, how many know that the acronym POTS means "Plain Old Telephone Service"?

 

[Stevicus]

Mine is all out of paper. I can send but I cannot receive.

As I recall, the paper we used was on a roller, and it had a kind of gloss on it, if I remember correctly. Maybe because it was printing a picture. I wonder if you can even get that old style fax roller paper.

 

[SalixIncendium]

As I recall, the paper we used was on a roller, and it had a kind of gloss on it, if I remember correctly. Maybe because it was printing a picture. I wonder if you can even get that old style fax roller paper.

I won't post a link, but yes, its available on that jungle website.

 

[Subduction Zone]

As I recall, the paper we used was on a roller, and it had a kind of gloss on it, if I remember correctly. Maybe because it was printing a picture. I wonder if you can even get that old style fax roller paper.

Yes, it was heat that turned it dark.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I won't post a link, but yes, its available on that jungle website.

I am sure that it is. I think that I own a printer somewhere too. These days I have no use for either.

 

[Jimmy]

Don’t you just love facts? I figured it be nice Clickbait since a lot of people here get riled up if you use the word facts. Haha. I since renamed my thread to what I initially wanted to name it.

 

[Stevicus]