| A personal computer (PC) can wear many hats, so it | | | | Turning computers into internet fax machines is not |
| is no wonder then that every one has one either at | | | | difficult. They are broadly done in two ways. One is |
| home or in the office. Their multi-tasking abilities are | | | | web-based and the other is PC-based. |
| also very useful for SOHO owners (SOHO is an | | | | With the web-based method, nothing needs to be |
| acronym which stands for small office, home office). | | | | done to the computer. A user merely use the |
| One very important task which users have found for | | | | computer to logon to their fax service account on the |
| PCs is using them as internet fax machines. Yes, | | | | internet, upload their document, and then fax. |
| computers can now be used to fax documents | | | | For PC-based, they just need to install a proprietary |
| through the internet. This task used to be done by | | | | computer fax software which will integrate with many |
| ordinary facsimile. People are fascinated by internet | | | | of their existing applications, such as Microsoft Word, |
| faxing because it is convenient, fast and low-cost | | | | Excel and Outlook Express. Faxing is done via this |
| compared to using fax machines which can be costly. | | | | software for fax. |
| Therefore, do not be surprised when people in the | | | | If you are wondering whether you need to have an |
| business circle tell you that the fax machine industry is | | | | ordinary fax machine in order to be able to fax |
| a sunset industry. This is because online faxing will | | | | through the internet, the answer is "No", because that |
| continue to revolutionize how communication is done in | | | | PC which is now sitting on your table has replaced that |
| the future. | | | | need. |