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I sadly had to use one recently and it was to fax documents to the IRS. Their only two options were fax or mail the documents. No email. Thankfully I had a scan
by allenu 6y ago
I sadly had to use one recently and it was to fax documents to the IRS. Their only two options were fax or mail the documents. No email. Thankfully I had a scanner (in a box somewhere) and found an online service that faxes PDFs on your behalf.
I've also had to fax documents to immigration (again, government). I guess my point is if you're dealing with the government, you'll probably have to fax something at some point.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoIf you have a landline, you can send a fax from your PC with just a $15 USB fax modem. Windows has built-in faxing software (Windows Fax and Scan) that is dead simple to use. Have you ever noticed that "Fax" is also one of the default printers? Yeah, me neither, until I saw a YouTube video on it. Just plug a phone line into the modem, print to "Fax" from any program, enter the fax number, and hit Send.
- allenu 6y agoHeh, I don't have landline today, but I do remember having a fax modem in the '90s and using it once before. Before WFH I would normally just use the office's fax machine but because of the pandemic it wasn't an option.