How do I send a fax with OSX?

Up until now I have been using FXStff, and a modem. With changes on my dedicated fax phone line, I can only use 120 minutes a month of prepaid service. If I use the next plan, they will detect my faxing, and kick me off the plan. So much for helping the small business person . . .
I heard from a tech a while ago, that I could send faxes through the system software. Does that mean it goes through the DSL service, or do I still need to pay for minutes? Also, can my client (who uses a selectronic typewriter and a fax machine), still send me faxes in her ancient way? Where do I start? Can I make this work, or is there something on the internet I need to find?

If you have a regular analog phone line, and your phone company offers "distinctive ring" (a.k.a. "custom ring"), voice and fax can peacefully coexist on a single phone line. There is a file that you have to edit using Terminal.app, and every time there is a system upgrade from 10.4.x to 10.4.(x+1) the file reverts back to its original state so you have to re-edit it, but what the heck? A small price to pay...
Here's the link to the article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031111132356616. The article refers to Page Sender and SBC but the approach works for my 6-yr-old G4/867 with built-in analog phone data modem and OS 10.4.x's built-in fax send/receive capabilities, and my phone company, who offers distinctive ring. There are some blog posts following that article that point out that certain modems (internal and Apple-branded external ones) and computers don't support distinctive ring, though. So this may or may not work for you. Depends on what you've got.
Of course, to fax, you just do that through the print dialog box of whatever application you are using at the time. I have heard of some problems with people getting the Fax button not be grayed out. I don't remember if I had that issue. If I recall correctly from reading elsewhere, set up as much as you can in System Preferences for your Fax (Print&Fax). Then launch an Apple application like TextEdit. Print --> Fax --> Send Fax and that should create the fax driver in your user's folder's Library folder's Printers folder called InternalModem.app (at least that's what it's called on my computer).
Maybe it's just my imagination, but it does seem to take a long time to send or receive a fax, though, but the already-paid-for built-in capability of PDF faxes and no paper is something that really appeals to me.

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