Does it cost more to fax by telephone or by PC? And what is the ethernet port for on the fax machine?

Question

My fax machine has to ways to connect USB and ethernet, what's the difference? And how can using both benefit me?

It's a Brother MFC 440 CN

Answer 1

The Photo MFC all-in-one printer with networking for your home or home office. Built-in Ethernet interface. Allows you to share the MFC now or in the future. Just plug it into your wired or wireless router and share it to print, scan, PC Fax and access to the digital camera media cards.

PC Faxing

Computer users may set up a PC fax/modem with card, phone line access and software, or use a service similar to printing from a PC or sending an E-mail message.

Fax integration is available in unified communications (e.g. E-mail, Voice Mail and Fax managed together), in a number of virtual PBX products where standard features allow users to send a fax by using the fax phone number as the address of a E-mail message, and receive incoming faxes via E-mail with the Fax content presented as a PDF attachment.

Other Internet-based services have similar ease-of-use. A very useful guide and comparison is available at: [http://www.savetz.com/fax/helpmechoose.php FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet? ]. For as little as $10.00 a month it's possible to use a service to send and receive faxes via E-mail (eFax, MyFax, etc.) and save all the fuss of a local solution (Phone line=$15 to $20 a month, software=$30 or more, in addition to a significant setup effort.)

Fax/modem cards have become a last-resort as compared to a high speed Internet connection. Few fax users see reason for the effort of making this old-technology approach work.
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Answer 2

1) Fax by phone or PC? If they go through the same phone line, there is no difference. Technically there's a way to route faxes through the Internet so it goes to a "local" places so you avoid long distance charges, but a typical fax goes through in less than a minute, so charges are a couple dimes at most, making the hassle negligible.

2) Are you *sure* it's Ethernet? A phone plug looks just like an Ethernet plug, but is a wee bit smaller. As you didn't mention the model, I can't be sure. Maybe it's for sharing it on a network, who knows.

3) USB is to your machine only. If that really is Ethernet, it's to share amongst all the PCs on the network.

Answer 3

definite . . . once you click 'record' then 'print', click the down arrow next to the printer call and then %. 'fax'. The equipment could supply you a 'conceal sheet' to fill in and once you upload the 'fax extensive type' and click ok, the equipment could 'print' your checklist and the conceal letter to the fax extensive type which you entered. make constructive that there is a fax gadget (that's powered ON) or laptop with a fax card related to the different end.