How to test sending and receiving of a fax machine
Presumably, you want to test your fax machine by sending a fax from it and receiving a fax with it. Here’s how to do both:
To test the send functionality of your fax machine, send a one-page fax to 1-510-545-0990 (a number in Northern California.) When it’s finished transmitting, point your web browser to Fax Toy — it’s a fun web site that displays whatever is faxed to that number. Within a minute, your fax should appear on the site. Click the thumbnail to see a large version.
To test the receive functionality of your fax machine, point your web browser to FaxZero: this site lets you send faxes for free to anywhere in the United States and Canada. Within a few minutes, your fax machine should ring — hopefully, it will automatically answer and spit out the test fax.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
GotFreeFax.com also allows user to send free fax online to the US and Canada. User can either upload a PDF/Word file or enter text to fax. Plus, it does NOT add Ads to user’s fax and is suitable for faxing formal documents.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:49 pm
The FaxToy phone number has changed to 1-510-545-0990.
May 15th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Hey! I realize this is sort of off-topic but I needed to ask.
Does running a well-established blog such as yours take a large amount
of work? I’m brand new to operating a blog but I do write in my diary every day. I’d like to start a blog so I can share my personal experience and
feelings online. Please let me know if you have any kind
of suggestions or tips for brand new aspiring bloggers. Appreciate it!
May 15th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
No it is fairly easy to do. You can use WordPress.com to even host it if you don’t want to do it yourself. Once you have a theme and set it up its very easy to update daily.