Fax From Your Computer
by Matt Gerchow
Many people use fax machines to send important documents to clients or coworkers every day. However, using a fax machine can be a big hassle, especially if you work in a large office that only has one fax machine and have to wait in line to use it. But did you know that you can send a fax from your computer for free? Sending faxes from your computer is faster, easier, more convenient, and eliminates the need to get up from your desk every time you need to fax a document.
Using an online faxing service
There are a lot of websites on the internet that can be used to fax documents. The majority of these services are free for the first few faxes but will probably charge a small fee if you need to send more than one. Although most of these faxing services can be used through a web browser, there a few that require users to download software in order to send faxes.
Popular online faxing services
With ScanR, you can send faxes straight from your camera phone. All you have to do is download the software on your phone and then use it to snap a photo of your document, then you can email it through the program which will convert the file to a document and send it to the fax number of your choice.
If you want to send a fax from your computer, you can use RingCentral. They charge their users a small monthly fee and you can use it to send anywhere between 500 to an unlimited amount of faxes per month.
If you only need to send a few faxes, you can a use a service called MyFax. It can send faxes to more than 40 different countries and the first fax is free.
Test drive RingCentral and fax free for 30 days
Using an online faxing service
There are a lot of websites on the internet that can be used to fax documents. The majority of these services are free for the first few faxes but will probably charge a small fee if you need to send more than one. Although most of these faxing services can be used through a web browser, there a few that require users to download software in order to send faxes.
Popular online faxing services
With ScanR, you can send faxes straight from your camera phone. All you have to do is download the software on your phone and then use it to snap a photo of your document, then you can email it through the program which will convert the file to a document and send it to the fax number of your choice.
If you want to send a fax from your computer, you can use RingCentral. They charge their users a small monthly fee and you can use it to send anywhere between 500 to an unlimited amount of faxes per month.
If you only need to send a few faxes, you can a use a service called MyFax. It can send faxes to more than 40 different countries and the first fax is free.
Test drive RingCentral and fax free for 30 days