Want to send a fax to somebody but you don’t own a fax machine? Or, you’re not close to a commercial fax center? Or, may be that you’ve a Word document or a PDF document that is already on your computer making it easier to fax the document through your computer rather than by a fax machine which may require printing it first? No need to worry. It is possible to send a fax from your computer using certain free online fax services available on the web.
Some of these free online fax services for sending Internet fax are described below:
(1) GotFreeFax:
GotFreeFax allows you to send 2 free faxes per day and each fax can contain 3 pages maximum. For the contents of the fax to be sent, you can either enter the text online in Rich Text form or you can upload a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx), Rich Text (.rtf) or a PDF file from your computer. It also allows you to use your own fax cover page. At this time, GotFreeFax supports sending faxes to the US Continental 48 states, Canada and Hawaii only. Alaska, off-shore and other international destinations are not supported.
(2) FaxZero:
Similarly, FaxZero is another free online fax service that allows you to send a maximum of 2 free faxes per day. Each fax can contain 3 pages maximum. You can upload maximum one file per fax in the form of a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx or .rtf) or a PDF file or an Excel spreadsheet (.XLS or .XLSX) from your computer. FaxZero allows you send a fax to any fax machine in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or Canada for free. You don’t need a fax machine yourself for sending a fax; but you’ll need a valid e-mail address.
(3) The Phone Company’s Remote Printing Service (TPC):
TPC is another online fax service that allows you to send fax to several locations by using your web browser or by using your email software. It allows sending fax to most locations in USA and Canada and several locations in many other countries. But, before sending fax using TPC, Check Coverage page to verify whether the area, you wish to send a fax to, is covered by TPC.
For sending fax through the web browser using TPC, you can enter online the text for the fax.
You can also use your email software for sending fax of a formatted page using TPC services. The email address has to be in the following formatted form:
remote-printer.recipient_name@fax_number.iddd.tpc.int
Here, recipient_name can be replaced by the actual recipient name that you wish to have on the coversheet of the fax. The character ‘_’ appearing in the recipient name is converted to a space and the character ‘/’ is converted to start a new line.
In the fax number, do not use long distance and international access codes. You should begin with country code (1=USA, 44=UK, etc); strip out punctuation characters. Number of digits in the fax number can be a maximum of 15.
An example of a formatted email address for sending fax by email software, using the TPC, is as under:
remote-printer.Arlington_Hewes/Room_403@14959682590.iddd.tpc.int
This email address will send a fax to the number 495-968-2590 (the first ‘1′ in the fax number is the country code for USA). The coversheet for this fax will show the following content:
Please deliver to:
Arlington Hewes
Room 403
The main contents of your e-mail will follow on separate pages of the fax transmission. You’ll get an e-mail as a confirmation as to whether the fax was sent or there was any problem.
(4) Other services allowing you to send online fax through web:
Some other online fax services allowing you to send fax through your computer and Internet are:
So, you can try these online services in case you need to send fax to somebody.
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Internet Faxing is a fantastic way to send and receive faxes. It saves time, money and keeps your company organized. It is easy to use and more private than the regular fax machines. Most companies offer a free trial so trying it out should not be inconvenient.