Anwer phone / Fax machine query

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi russ 😀

i have a panasonic fax/phone which detects when a fax comes through, and with the additional phones around the workshop, you can programme and enter a dialling code so when your in another room on another phone you punch in the code and the fax will come through on the main phone 😕 hope that made sense…

i used to have one of those box things that you put in your line but they never worked very good

nik

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks Nic :lol1:

I presume that it will also take answerphone messages when your not about?

Russ

[Nicola McIntosh]

yes it does that too 😀

nik

[Shane Drew]

you can buy a ‘duet switch’ that can detect a fax from a phone call, and it sends the call to the correct appliance. They work well, used one for years.

Now tho, our phone service here (Telecom) offer a duet phone line, so as long as youre answering machine and/or fax are duet compatible, you don’t need anything else. I’ve been using this service for many years now. I’m surprised your telephone service supplier would not offer something similar… or are we here in australia actually more advanced for a change than our overseas cousins 😉

[Gary Birch]

I have a 07005 number for faxes and they come through as emails. The number is free and available from http://www.dmclub.co.uk

[Marcella Ross]

Hi Russ,

I have a Sharp UX-D50 (there will be a newer model now tho) telephone fax that does exactly that. Cost about £120 I think. You can pick these up easily from Argos or Comet or probably cheaper online

[Derek Heron]

hi all my first post from the unit bt buggered it up but OK now.
i have just installed a samsung sf345tp fax copy answer machine £109.
from staples it answers when i am out but automatically switches for the fax
you can retrieve messages when out also you can copy just black.

Derek

[Chris Dowd]

Have a look at Viking….. we just got a new Brother fax, scanner, colour copier (with document feeder) and printer all in one for £139. had a voucher for £20 off making it £119 and got a free 21" colour TV!!!

That aside, we do have a separate line for our fax machine.

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks everyone for the info – need to do some digging about.

Chris couldn’t see you deal on Vikings’ site – don’t supose you have a link or a voucher ref?

Cheers

Russ

[Chris Dowd]

This is the one we got, looks like the offer may have finished (it was on the back of a catalogue they sent us):

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/catalog/ … 465&sgID=3

They do have this offer at the moment tho:

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/catalog/ … id=OJ6310&

If I can find the item number for the free TV one tomorrow I’ll let you know.

[David Rogers]

We bought a couple of DELL 1600N multi function printers a couple of months ago.

Basically Fax, (ethernet) colour scanner, n(ethernet) laser printer/copier.

Delivered for £120.00 inc VAT from ‘RDC’ (DELL factory refurbs)

Superb quality as it’s a rebadged Samsung I think.

Dave

ps. you can do the usual thing & connect a phone through/to it. Just set the FAX to answer after a set number of rings….. only thing missing is an answering machine. 🙄 can’t have everything all of the time.

[Dave Bruce]

Hi Russell, you can also get software for the computer, so all messages and faxes are saved to the hard drive so you only need to print of the faxes you need and delete the hundreds of unwanted ones, save a fortune in paper.

Cheers

Dave