Testing Fax Cards & Machines

Lets say you have a copier with a fax card or you just have a fax machine and you need to test it… well you are going to need to do a couple things…

1. First make sure that the phone line is analog. Get an analog phone and plug it in the line and call your cell…

Keep in mind Voice Over IP will give you a transmission. For that its best to speak with the client and ask them if the phone line is VOIP. If it is then they are going to have problems. Voice over IP or (VOIP) tends to kick fax signals off the line. You can add filters and such but if the voice over ip line gets busy enough, your fax is garbage.

2. Connect the Fax and send a fax to a test fax

3. Have some one at the other end send a return fax.

For something like that it would be good to sign up with an internet fax service. Makes things a whole lot simpler….

You can always check if the line has been wired wrong but in general that won’t give you an issue…

What will give you an issue is static on the line. This you will hear over an analog phone. If this is the case then you will generally have fax machines or cards that will have problems picking up…

Sometimes, you will send a blank fax this can be caused by a loose board or a bad ccd depending on your fax system.

Here are some tools that can make your life easier…