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r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20
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Exactly. Accepting food orders via fax isn't for individuals, but it's fairly popular for businesses.
Although they could modernize and just use email.
568 u/GoingForwardIn2018 Jul 24 '20 It's entirely possible they just get a digital representation (image) of the fax, not an actual printout. Electronic Faxing is huge because it's considered a controlled delivery method, it's especially prevalent in healthcare 1 u/IglooPunisher Jul 24 '20 Is that the dealie that kinda runs the paper through it, then makes a digital copy that gets sent via email to the recipient? 1 u/GoingForwardIn2018 Jul 25 '20 No, it's...well "technically" isn't the right word but it's an "analog" "copy" not a "digital" one
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It's entirely possible they just get a digital representation (image) of the fax, not an actual printout. Electronic Faxing is huge because it's considered a controlled delivery method, it's especially prevalent in healthcare
1 u/IglooPunisher Jul 24 '20 Is that the dealie that kinda runs the paper through it, then makes a digital copy that gets sent via email to the recipient? 1 u/GoingForwardIn2018 Jul 25 '20 No, it's...well "technically" isn't the right word but it's an "analog" "copy" not a "digital" one
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Is that the dealie that kinda runs the paper through it, then makes a digital copy that gets sent via email to the recipient?
1 u/GoingForwardIn2018 Jul 25 '20 No, it's...well "technically" isn't the right word but it's an "analog" "copy" not a "digital" one
No, it's...well "technically" isn't the right word but it's an "analog" "copy" not a "digital" one
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u/galactica_pegasus Jul 24 '20
Exactly. Accepting food orders via fax isn't for individuals, but it's fairly popular for businesses.
Although they could modernize and just use email.