I want to send an image via computer-based fax. What's the best format - bmp, tif, jpg - ?

Question

Which format is the most likely to get through properly on both ordinary fax machines and computer-based fax software?

Are all these answers from people who have actually sent a computer-based fax image to an ordinary old-fashioned fax machine successfully?

Answer 1

All of the above should work.
As far as size and quality .jpg probably would be the best

Cheers, DS

Answer 2

not to disagree with bob up there ^ certainly .jpg is a universal file format but I have actually had more luck converting all of my files to .png

PNG is a format that wont loss quality upon compression and after all it is called the Portable Networks Graphic

Answer 3

.jpg is the most renounced image file that can be opened via anywhere across the globe. It is so popular that any fax can accept this type of file.

Answer 4

you could open the document in Microsoft Paint, then click save as, then elect the document extension from the record and click save. the different image editor like Photoshop or Paint.internet could properly be utilized particularly of Microsoft Paint.

Answer 5

jpg or pdf

Answer 6

jpg.

Answer 7

bmp is the oldest and its the best

Answer 8

i don't know. what i can tell you is that tif. has better quality. i hope that helps.