Fax Question-input much appreciated

Question

Hello all,
I use my home phone line to connect to internet via DSL. Can I still fax documents using the same line and Apple's fax software?? I thought of connecting a phone cable to the internal modem port of my G5 to do the task but wasn't sure if it is possible
Also, I am thinking of buying an All in one, is "faxing" capability on the all-in-one necessary to do this, or is scanning feature of the printer sufficient for faxing using Tiger?
Lastly, can anyone recommend a great all-in-one (price not a factor)
thanks alot
Rez

Answer 1

If you have DSL / ADSL / ?DSL / or whichever version of broadband over the telephone line, it is recommended that you have a filter on every phone jack in your house. Those filters block out a part of the signal to create a "reserved" section of bandwith for the DSL modem, so it can enjoy troublefree communication with the mothership.
Even, without filter, you can fax. I think I did this once without ill effects before every jack had a filter. But it is not recommended.
You should not place a filter on the line to your DSL router only on the branches with a phone, pc modem, etc.
So if you have a room / office with one phone jack.
You add a line splitter.
Jack 1 = direct phone wire connection to the DSL router (no filter).
Jack 2 = plug in the filter, then connect through with a phone cable to the pc modem or multifunction device.
By the way, the above is my setup and it works like a charm. No faxing issues. (other then the glitches with the OS X fax software / module 's autocomplete / autofill phone # part ).
If you have two phone jacks. It is the same. You plug a filter on the line that you connect the device on.
Anything on screen you can print. The only chance is that since 10.4 faxing is now hidden under the PDF button. Go figure. As Fax as PDF.
I have both a multifunction device & stand alone scanner. Once I have the document area previewed on my computer screen; have a print button, I can click that, and go Fax as PDF.
To scan multiple pages right now I still have to resort to scanning them as individual images first, combine them in a word or other document and then fax that document. I think it's a limitation of my HP Scanner software, where they don't allow me to scan multiple pages into one document, or at least I've overlooked that function if it is there. I used to be able to scan & combine documents fine way back (HP Scanner in Windows, I'm an OS X 10.0 switcher)