Built-In Fax from Mac?

Are there any built in tools for faxing?
I have an HP All in One device but in some cases it would be much more convenient to fax-from-my mac.
TIA

Use eFax to receive faxes. make sure you sign up for the free account and make sure you tell them your preference is to receive a fax are in TIFF format not in their fax program.
http://www.efax.com/
To send faxes use:
http://www.gotfreefax.com/
Very simple both are free.
There are alternatives: http://www.gotfreefax.com/

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Ever since I have updated to yosemite I have been unable to fax from mac with Yosemite on HP Officejet 8600 Plus
Please help and provide needed update....

Hi @JediTiger,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums. I see you are running into some fax issues with you HP Officejet 8600 since upgrading to the Mac Yosemite 10.10 Operating system. Please go ahead and get started below:
Scrub/ Uninstall
• Open the Applications folder > HP or Hewlett Packard folder > HP Uninstaller
• Click continue, click on one of the printers in the list.
• * Only do this step if you do not have any other HP Printers. Hold down Control, Option and Command, While holding the three buttons down,
• Click uninstall.
Reset Printing System
1. Click the Apple icon ( ), and then click System Preferences.
2. In the Hardware section, click Print & Fax/Scan. The Print & Fax/Scan dialog box opens.
3. Right-click (or Ctrl +click) in the left panel, and then click Reset printing system…
4. Click OK to confirm the reset.
5. Type the correct Name and Password.
6. Click OK to reset the printing system. The Print & Fax dialog box shows no printer selected
Note: This will remove all printers in the print and Fax/Scan, any printer removed can be re-added later by clicking the plus (+) symbol..
Repair Disk Permissions
1.On the Dock, click Applications, and then click Utilities.
2.Double-click Disk Utility.
3.Highlight your hard drive/partition on the left (by default this is "Macintosh HD").
4.Click the Repair Disk Permissions button at the bottom of the window.
5.Once the repair is complete, restart the computer.
Restart the printer. Now you can download and install the printer software and install it. Click on the link below to begin the download and follow the on screen instructions:
HP Officejet Pro 8600 series Full Feature Software and Drivers
I hope this helps, please let me know the outcome!
Thanks,
HevnLgh
I work on behalf of HP
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How to fax from mac?

How to fax from Mac? I have Epson Artisan 810 All in one (Print,fax,scan and copy)

Generally speaking all such features are now integrated in OS X's Print dialog.
File > Print, choose your printer and select "Send Fax" from the dropdown menu:
Fill in the fax number and click Add to add it to the destination list:
... then click Print and your print / fax will dial the phone and send the fax.

Faxing from MAC to Samsung CLX-3175

Hi All,
I'm a brand new convert to MACs so please be gentle! Have just spent the last few days setting up my new MacBook Pro 13". One issue I have at present is not being able to send a document on my MAC to my multifunction Samsung printer which has a built-in fax.
On my Windows laptop, there was a piece of software called Smarthru. This allowed you to scan and fax. You could also select print from any application and select the installed Samsung Fax Printer. However Smarthru isn't available for the MAC and I can't get the MAC to recognise the printer as a fax as well as printer and scanner.
Am I missing something obvious here or is there no way to send a document on the MAC to the printer for faxing? Obviously I could print the document out and then fax it direct from the printer but this is a waste of print toner, paper and time!!
Many thanks for any advice.

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Dear HP,
I have a C7280 connected to our LAN via RJ45 and to a phone line using the provided cord. It works fine as a stand alone fax to send and receive faxes. However, when I try to fax from my Mac (OS 10.6.8) with the most current drivers, it doesn't connect to the telephone line and only prints a couple of garbled pages on the printer. When I run a fax test from the front panel it passes all tests. I can't think of anything else to try so I am hoping you have a solution.

Hello JohnF377, and welcome to the HP Forums.
I see you are running into fax issues. I would like to help.
I would recommend utilizing this document on Digital Fax to Mac.
Good luck and please let me know the results of your troubleshooting steps. Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
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Faxing from mac

Artisan 810 unable to fax from Snow Leopard error message "Waiting for modem to become available" obtained

supplied a file link containing info using Windows operating system.
Did you supply them with your Mac operation system? Did you call them?
Artisan 810 should have come with a user manual which should have included a troubleshooting section.

I want to fax from my mac using a Brother MFC-7220 Printer/fax

I'm currently using a Brother MFC-7220 Printer/Fax machine with my Mac Mini, attached via USB.
It works great as a printer, but I want to fax from within Mac Applications using the 7220.
I tried going "File/Print, then selecting the PDF pull down menu in the lower left corner of the print management window. I selected "Fax PDF..." but the system comes back with a "No Fax Modems Found.." message.
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Thanks

You may need to install the Brother drivers.
By default, Mac OS X only installs the printer drivers, ignoring other features of multi-function devices. By installing the vendor's driver you gain access to the other features.
In this case you should find that installing the driver enables a new printer option - Brother MFC-7220 (Fax) - which can be used to send your fax. So now faxing is as simple as choosing 'Print' and selecting the 'Fax' option from the list of available printers.

Mac OS X's built-in fax - any good to monitor fax status or re-fax out?

Hi Folks,
Just testing out my new Intel Mac Mini's faxing capabilities. It seems that the faxing status details when I view the fax monitor isn't quite as accurate as I need. For example, after I mistakenly tried to send a fax out via my printer/fax machine, I cancelled it before it finished dialing, but still the status of it showed that it was "Finished".
Because I absolutely need to know whether my faxes got sent properly or not, should I continue to use the very convienient built-in fax software, or opt for another fax program?
Does the built-in fax software also attempt to re-dial the same number to re-fax out if the first try failed? And can you also configure it to attempt X number of times before quitting?
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Cannot send fax from my mac after upgrading to yosemite

I used to be able to send a fax from my Macbook Pro by using Preview and then printing the PDF to the fax capability on my Laserjet colorMFP M475dn.
After installing OS X Yosemite:
a dialog told me that "Some of the software for the printer is missing."
When I clicked the button to install, it then said "You need to install software to use this printer... If the software isn't available in Software Update, contact the manufacturer of your printer"
Then I downloaded .dmg files for both the laserjet and officejet (I also have a photosmart I use for scanning)
I deleted the printers and tried to re-add them
When I re-add the laserjet, fax does not show up on the Printer list.
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My apologies for keeping you informed about reset printing system.
i have attached the screen which tells where the Use option is.
also on the screen where it displays the list of printers wait for few seconds and see if it detects the Fax. It took approx 20sec for me.
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How do I set up the fax program so I can send faxes from my mac

How do I set up the fax program so I can send faxes from my mac

Do you have a fax machine or fax modem? If not, then you cannot fax over telephone lines, but you can subscribe to one of many eFax services.

Faxing from MacBook (Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.3)

Good day all,
Can I fax from my MacBook without buying a specific software to do so?
Also, can I fax from my DSL line or must faxing take place from a non DSL connection?
In advance thank you.

The software is included, but you lack the hardware. You need to buy the Apple USB modem and hook it up to an ordinary analog phone line.
If you want to use your DSL connection, you can't fax in the traditional way. You need to use one of the internet fax services. You can use those without having to buy additional hardware.

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Is it possible to get my internal fax modem sending faxes from my laptop (iBook G4)? I'm connected to the internet wirelessly via a broadband modem through a belkin router. thanks.

In order to fax you need to connect your internal modem to your telephone line. You can't fax across the internet using a dialup modem.

Using built in Fax modem to fax out

I'm going start this by saying... Only if Macos X had a proper Chooser like function like classic Mac OS, and that the new Macos X help system is not as good as Apple Guide of Classic (disappointing seeing X was the meant to be the be all end all of all operating systems)...
But anyways, seeing that I have an iMac at work that only boots up in X I have been struggling to get the send/receive faxs from the computer.
I have diagramed the partial setup I have and wish to use the built in Modem that's inside the iMac Flat 17" G4 version to send receive Faxes.
Here is the scenario.
- I have a setup consisting of iMac G4 with X.10
- I have a managed to see outside world via ADSL hookup
- The ADSL line and the Fax line are two different numbers
- Currently Only the Fax is connected directly to the Fax point, I need to also link up the Mac to the same point. Is there a splitter for such a thing?
- I have set up the Fax so I can actually print from the Mac to it
- I have set up the Fax so I can only send/receive faxes from/to the cannon
- I have set up the printer/fax Preferences so to receieve fax that are based on the Fax point # and the the check box is check for allow to receieve faxes
- I have FAXstf installed on my machine, does it conflict with the new System Faxing properties found in X.10?
- I followed the directions presented to me from the Help docos, and the system always told me, 'Fax will be transmitted after disconnecting from Network', and it never did anything.
What are the correct procedures to follow in order to get this thing to work? Images would be nice... Reading docos isn't my thing, they remind me of the online help which MS has in place for all their applications... Web Docs is not as intuitive as guiding a user through the process like Apple Guide used to do. Just a suggestion to the Apple developers out there;/
The diagram setup is:
<pre>
DATA POINT <------------------> ADSL MODEM <--------> TELEPHONE POINT #1
^
|
|
|
v
IMAC <------------------> USB HUB <--------> CANAN 850MP MULTI FUNCTIONAL PRINTER
^
|
v ^
INTERNAL |
MODEM |
^ |
| |
v v
<-------------------------------------> FAX POINT #2
</pre>
hope the above isn't hard to understand.
Cheers
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I need the dedicated fax line due to the security system using the phone line, and that the fax should be used for faxing and telephones used for talking, unlike the previous guys comments... POTS means nothing!... People still fax you know, just like they still print... and gee the printer has been around for a little while longer than fax
But anyways... I tried to do the Fax PDF, and thats where it gets stuck... it tries to ring out but no can do. I tried this using a direct link from Mac to Fax point. Seeing that it didn't work I then hooked back the MFM to the fax point in order for the company to receive/send faxes at least from the machine.
The only reason as to my enquiry in the discussion forum is to see if I can set it up so both the MFM (fax) and the imac can send/receieve faxes at the same time or seperately. It would be beneficial to receive and send from the imac, as I'm sure we all know that printing out documents can get lost, especially when you just have one copy, and so this would at least keep an electronic copy of the item. However, during the evenings, it would be ok to have the fax machine recieves faxes or have the fax machine send faxes during the times when the computer can't. The imac is an administrative computer and at times the engineering guys need someting quick, but whats to say that the administration lady can't do it at that point in time... then they need to fax it.
The point is, is there a device which I can hook up so that the 56k fax/modem device in the imac and the MFM (fx) can go through the same point?
thanks

Using Leopards built-in fax

I'm wondering whether the built-in fax facility is going to be useable for me. I don't like this bit from Mac Help:
"The fax is sent as soon as your modem is available. For example, if you’re using your modem to connect to the Internet, the fax is sent after you disconnect from your Internet service provider"
My ADSL router never disconnects from my ISP but I do have another phone line and an old USB modem: will Leopard recognise the external modem and send/receive faxes while connected via another line to my ISP?
Like everyone I guess, fax is not a big part of my comms needs these days so I don't really want to spend money on a full-blown fax application if I can get away with using Leopard fax.
Simon

i prefer to use an APP, this is great
http://www.smileonmymac.com/pagesender/
very cheap to for what it does. great APP.

Copying files from Mac to Windows-invalid file names

Unfortunately, my boss likes Windows more than Macs, so we have puchased some new Dell computers to replace older G4 Macs.
I'm having trouble copying existing files from a Mac (OS 10.4)to the shared drive on the Windows XP computer. I'm getting an error message:
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Other ideas to copy these files?
thanks,
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You can use a freeware utility like Renamer4Mac or BatchRename'em both of which have built-in filters that will rename files for Windows compatibility.
Thank you... This sounded to me like it would fix the problem, so I downloaded both and looked at them. However, the manual/help file is very sparse, so I don't know if it will do what I want to and how it would do it.
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Bill

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