measekite said:
Just about any scanner has fax capability if you buy a Fax software
program and you have either a modem, DSL or Cable connection to the
internet.
However, depending on whether you want a scanner and send an
occasional FAX or you want a FAX and need to scan occasionally you may
need entirely different things.
A scanner (at least most of the ones at a reasonable price) will only
scan one sheet of paper at a time, sending a multi-sheet FAX from a
scanner is a pain in the proverbial. It will however produce
excellent single page copies and scans.
Even very cheap FAX machines usually have a sheet feeder which will
feed at least ten sheets and this makes sending a FAX much simpler.
Some (most nowadays) will also provide copying facilities and again
this is often much better than a scanner because you can copy several
sheets without loading each one individually into the scanner.
However the copy quality probably won't be as good as a dedicated
scanner.
Finally a dedicated FAX will receive FAXes even when your PC is turned
off.
My experience is that my scanner is almost redundant now I have an
all-in-one that provides my FAX/Copier functions. The only thing I
use the scanner for is slide printing (it has a slide copier
attachment) and copying photographs where I only have a print.
