Fax Resources

History of Faxing and Transmission of Printed Material

3D Fax

Technology used to transmit binary files and computer data over fax machine.

Fultograph

1920′s invention to transmit image data over radio.

Pantelegraph

Early Fax machine capable of sending images over telegraph lines.

Teleautograph

Early Fax Machine capable of transmitting handwriting and across distances.

Biographies of Fax Inventors

Profiles and Personalities of the people who invented fax machine technology.

Junk Faxes, Black Faxes, and Other Scams

Black Fax

Prank or attack used to disable (either temporarily or permanently) a fax machine from a remote location.

Junk Fax

Fax spam and advertising and how to deal with it.

Fax Technology

Group 4 Compression

Compression standard used to transmit faxes.

Radiofax (also known as Weatherfax or HF Fax)

Fax information sent via radio. Primarily used for disseminating weather and meteorological data to maritime. vessels.

T.38

International Telecommunications Union Recommendation for transmission of fax data where part of the transmission occurs over an IP based system (for example the internet).