Nov 26
KP asked:
I’m thinking of giving an all-in-one printer, copier, scanner, fax machine to my brother for Christmas. He gets broadband thru cable. Can he hook the machine up and use it without a dedicated telephone line?
I’m thinking of giving an all-in-one printer, copier, scanner, fax machine to my brother for Christmas. He gets broadband thru cable. Can he hook the machine up and use it without a dedicated telephone line?
November 28th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
No. You can use your existing line but while sending a fax your line will be busy if someone tries to call.
November 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am
efax gives out free fax #’s.
it will come to him in a form of e-mail.
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
good ones have fax detection so yes it can be done
December 5th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
You need a phone line but it does not have to be dedicated. When the answering machine answers the phone it will recognize a fax tone and switch from answering machine to fax. If you pick up the phone and hear a fax tone depending on the phone it may switch automatically or you will have to push a phone key.
December 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
1 phone line or 2 phone lines - either way, an All in One will work. If you have DSL broadband then connect the All-In-One to the DSL phone filter and all will work well. If you have Cable broadband, and you still have a phone “land line”, just plug tthe All-In-One into the phone jack - No dedicated phone line is necessary. Todays All-in-One’s are smart and pretty much know when its a fax trying to come in
December 8th, 2008 at 9:15 am
You can hook up the machine if you have a VOIP router and VOIP service like vonage, probably cheaper than a dedicated line anyway, just plug it into the back of the router. and check the service.