I remember back in the 80's. The company I was working with at the time Telexed all the customers to ask if any of them would be buying one of the new Fascimile machines as they were thinking of it.
I remember when it turned up. We all gathered round to watch a fax come in on the thermal paper.
Can you remember when a telex had to be "typed" onto a machine which punched holes in a roll of paper, about 12mm (or half inch) wide?
Haha.....I was just about to post a very similar comment. I used to think the telex was amazing. Then the company got a fax WOW......I remember back in the 80's. The company I was working with at the time Telexed all the customers to ask if any of them would be buying one of the new Fascimile machines as they were thinking of it.
I remember when it turned up. We all gathered round to watch a fax come in on the thermal paper.
Remember them?Can you remember when a telex had to be "typed" onto a machine which punched holes in a roll of paper, about 12mm (or half inch) wide?
That's very interesting. I've just signed a rental agreement via Docusign by email from the UK and i understand it is a legal document.Still used every day over here: a fax can be signed, making the document 'legal': an Email can't.
I'm sure they do a lot of business in developing countries especially in Africa where the fax is still in use.Here is a practical example from a high-industry country:
Why do these companies have fax machines? Certainly not just for fun!
Yamaha Motorcycle Sales Japan Co., Ltd.
ヤマハ発動機販売本社/関東営業所
〒144-0035
東京都大田区南蒲田2丁目16-2
テクノポート三井生命ビル3F
TEL 03-5713-3820 FAX 03-5713-3932
That's very interesting. I've just signed a rental agreement via Docusign by email from the UK and i understand it is a legal document.
https://www.docusign.com
I'm sure they do a lot of business in developing countries especially in Africa where the fax is still in use.
That's very interesting. I've just signed a rental agreement via Docusign by email from the UK and i understand it is a legal document.
https://www.docusign.com
We still receive faxed prescriptions through because despite being told not to do so GP practices either don’t have the equipment or trained staff to scan and email.
We also have to fax anonymised prescriptions to certain suppliers to order stock.
We probably send or receive a fax most days.
I've heard that crap in the UK, albeit probably 10 years ago. When they explained this was the reason I couldn't email the doc to them, I took the file and pasted my signature from another document into the sig box, printed it out and faxed it to them. While a forensic examination of the jpg/gif/png attached to an email might have shown that I hadn't signed it, once it was printed off and faxed, it would be impossible to tell.Still used every day over here: a fax can be signed, making the document 'legal': an Email can't.