In years before, letters were written and mailed, then the sender waited for a week or more to receive a reply. However, with a fax machine one can now send a letter in a matter of seconds via the telephone lines and expect a reply that same day. By offering a fax service to your customers, you can help them do business faster while you reap a substantial financial benefit. The fax machine is much like a photocopier, but instead of producing a paper copy, it relays a picture of the original document over the phone lines to another fax machine. The second machine then reproduces a copy of the original on thermographic or plain paper.
Fax machines differ in price, depending on the number of advanced options.
Visit several office equipment suppliers and major appliance stores to look over the selection of fax machines. Have the salesman go over the different features with you, explaining how each functions and how it's used. When you have decided what features you want, shop around for the best price. These are about one half the cost of an entire fax machine, plus they can produce the copy via your computer printer on plain paper or save the document to diskette for later referral. Your fax machine will need a telephone line dedicated exclusively to it.