Why do we still use Fax Machines?

[Mayfriday0529]

Why is a document for legal when you fax it than just scanning it and emailing it.

 

[Migroo]

Until the generation that makes the rules dies then we'll be stuck in the past..

We live with our parents rules and pointless ways of doing things and our children will live with ours!

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

huh?

 

[Ktulu]

its usually the old dinosaurs in the office that can't let go of old technology

 

[FoBoT]

i rarely use them

 

[CRXican]

because most places don't have the capability to send and receive faxes on their PCs

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: Ktulu
its usually the old dinosaurs in the office that can't let go of old technology

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Ktulu
its usually the old dinosaurs in the office that can't let go of old technology

 

[chimmytime]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Why is a document for legal when you fax it than just scanning it and emailing it.

Isn't this a governmental thing?

Like using your phone to make gambling bets is illegal, unlike doing it over the internet?

 

[notfred]

It's because you can sign a faxed copy of a document but you can't sign an email.

Signatures are legal requirements for a lot of paperwork.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Why is a document for legal when you fax it than just scanning it and emailing it.

can you alter a fax after the fax machine scans it, but before the other end receives it?

using a sasnner.. --> photoshop ---> email

 

[Kelemvor]

Scanning and emailing requires two steps, and a scanner. Faxing just needs the fax machine which most companies already have.

 

[Sketcher]

As is aluded to in a couple posts,

Fax's are recognized as unadulterable legal copies of original documents, often a signature signed document.

Computer Scan/email/fax systems unless configured with security or authenticity management do not provide the level of historicity required by most legal transactions.
We work with law firms that have such systems in place, but even they require traditional fax'ing depending on the type of document being transacted.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
What you say!

fixed.