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How Does the Fax Machine Work?

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Summary: A fax machine works by using a phone line to communicate with other fax machines to transfer information such as documents. Discover how a fax machine works with information from a business machine repairman in this free video on fax machines and printers.

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By Steve Munoz
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Steve Munoz has more than 32 years of experience repairing and selling business machines, such as fax machines, printers, cash registers, typewriters and shredders. Munoz has spent...read more

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"Hi, my name's Steve Munoz. I'm with Duncan Business Machines and we're going to talk about how a fax machine works. First and foremost, you got to have a phone line, and hook it up, and the fax machine, when you send some...when you're receiving, it picks up the paper, goes through the toner and the drum, which give you image and the imprint and then it goes through the laser which heats the image on. Receiving, you have absolutely do nothing. It, when, they're, the phone line with the other fax machine, they have to shake hands. Once they shake hands, and a fax receives, if you have it on automatic receive. If you do not have an automatic receive, you have to do it manually which is simply go up to a fax and press start. And that's how a machine, a fax machine works."

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