How to Configure Windows XP to send and receive Fax?

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How to Configure Windows XP to send and receive Fax?

If you are using windows XP, you can use sending and receiving option for fax service built into windows XP. You can enjoy free facilities of fax from your computer, because buying a dedicated fax machine for home or small office may not be a feasible option. Using windows XP based fax services; you can read, save, forward, delete the fax messages. By default fax service is not installed in your windows XP, but if you have windows XP CD, you can install fax feature using Add or Remove Program option.

 

Follow the gives steps to install fax components:

To install this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Make sure, you have installed modem driver on your computer before running fax components setup. 

Now click on Start button and go to System Control Panel then double click on Add or Remove Program.

Select the Fax services check box under Add or Remove Windows components.

Now click Next to finish the fax installation wizard and close it.



After the fax components installed, now configure the fax setting before using it.

First click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories> Communications then click on Fax Console.

Now in fax configuration wizard, type the fax cover page information then click on Next.

Select the suitable modem for fax and also enable others send and receive options.

Now type the TSID (Transmitting Subscriber Identification) and click Next then type here CSID (Called Subscriber Identification) and again Next.

At the end select the printer to be automatically printing the fax and click to finish.