[UCIMC-Tech] Fax

[Brian Duggan]

Two options:

1. If we never receive faxes, we can just turn off incoming faxes on the
machine.

2. We can configure the machine to pick up after more rings than the
answering machine. This still depends on someone being present to unplug
the answering machine when you know someone will be trying to send a fax.

The short story is there's no good way to do this without a dedicated
phone line. Josh, Chris and I are trying to figure out if that's possible.

Thanks
Brian

On 9/17/10 5:30 PM, JOY wrote:
> Hey Brian,
> 
> I just ran a test. There are 4 rings before the machine picks up. You
> clearly hear Mike's voice with the lovely sound of the kkssssssshhhhhh
> in the background. Now what?
> Joy
> 
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com
> <mailto:bcdugga at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Joy,
> 
>     I recombobulated the phone lines in the finance office. The line goes
>     from the wall to the answering machine to a splitter. The splitter goes
>     to the phone and then to the print/fax machine.
> 
>     Try sending a fax next time you're here and see how it goes. Call me if
>     it doesn't work. The only issue that I can think of by having the fax
>     permanently on the phone line is that if the fax picks up before the
>     answering machine, people will hear kkssshhh.... Do you know how many
>     rings the answering machine allows before picking up?
> 
>     Thanks!
>     Brian
> 
>     On 9/16/10 5:18 PM, JOY wrote:
>     > Hey All,
>     >
>     > I don't remember what the status was of us having a splitter or
>     setup so
>     > that we do not have to unplug phone lines, plug in fax lines, be
>     > available to receive a fax, etc.
>     >
>     > Can we get this to function more easily?
>     > Thanks,
>     > Joy
>     >
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>     Brian Duggan
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> Joy Davis
> UCIMC Office Manager
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> Urbana, IL 61801
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Brian Duggan
Technical Projects Developer
UC Independent Media Center
http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026