[UCIMC-Tech] Fax

[Chris Ritzo]

Joy,
I've contacted Josh to learn a bit more about the phone
infrastructure. Once we know more we can figure something out. We may
not need to add a line.
What's the current phone bill like now? Are we paying AT&T for a
physical line? or is our phone service through Comcast or some other
provider?

Chris

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian,
> I really appreciate your helping troubleshoot this issue. We do receive and
> send faxes, and increasingly more so. I had thought faxing was pretty much
> obsolete. I thought wrong! It is actually quite surprising the number of
> folks that come in to fax... at least once or twice per day to send or
> receive. We (someone in the know) always has to be present and go through
> the unplugging process. Ideally it would be great to receive faxes at any
> time without having to manipulate the machines but I understand if that is
> not practical.
> Joy
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >     >
>> >     > --
>> >     > Joy Davis
>> >     > UCIMC Office Manager
>> >     > 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
>> >     > Urbana, IL 61801
>> >     > imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>
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>> >     >
>> >     >
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>> >     Brian Duggan
>> >     Technical Projects Developer
>> >     UC Independent Media Center
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>> >
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>> > Joy Davis
>> > UCIMC Office Manager
>> > 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
>> > Urbana, IL 61801
>> > imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>
>> > 217.344.8820
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>>
>> --
>> Brian Duggan
>> Technical Projects Developer
>> UC Independent Media Center
>> http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026
>
>
>
> --
> Joy Davis
> UCIMC Office Manager
> 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
> Urbana, IL 61801
> imcbooks at gmail.com
> 217.344.8820
> www.ucimc.org
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