Reply to: Fax? WTF??!?

[stek]

Fax? WTF??!?

They've still got those pneumatic document things at the coop in Manchester

[speling bee]

I send all mine by Telegram. Stop.

Telegram Stop | Send a Traditional Classic Telegram the Easy Way

[mudskipper]

The assembled congregation will be unsurprised to be informed that I possess two facsimile machines.

One is thermal & still works (the last time I tried it) & the other uses Olivetti ink cartridges that you can't get any more.

Neither is of any use since I ain't got a landline any more.

But have you got a microfiche reader?

[psychocandy]

pamfax is good.

My bank need something signed to do a euro transfer so I just sign the request, scan it and then fax it to them using pamfax. Easy peasy and costs something like 10p a page only.

[Ignis Fatuus]

This.

There is no reason why they cannot accept a scanned copy instead of fax.

I take a photo and email it. They can have a follow-up paper copy sent by post if they want, as long as they start any day-counting from the email.

[jmo21]

Mine also requested fax. I print, get proper signatures, scan and email with my invoice. They seem happy.

This.

There is no reason why they cannot accept a scanned copy instead of fax.

[Mich the Tester]

The assembled congregation will be unsurprised to be informed that I possess two facsimile machines.

Yep, I'm half expecting you'll own a couple of Telex machines, some clockwork morse code apparatus and a pneumatic tube document system.

[Freamon]

That's a good idea - sort of using the phone as a phone

A quick look shows there are similar apps for iOS, including DropBox integration, and able to handle PDF, Word, Excel, etc.

However the panic is over as, with a little prompting, the agent has revealed the secret email address to which scans can be sent.

Still think it's a bit odd having to use a piece of paper in the first place though; I don't think I've seen a non-online timesheet system since 2009, and I thought it was primitive then. Ho hum

All you need is cam-scanner and you're in business.

[stek]

Fax? WTF??!?

Top Nluking.

Ooh, a new verb.

Right I'm off to urban dictionary.

Nluk you later.

Are u sure ur cut out to go off to Urban Dictionary?

OMG, I can't stop being NLUK now...

[Pondlife]

I have a fax service, cost next to nowt, all part of being a business.

I went all NLUK then....,

Top Nluking.

Ooh, a new verb.

Right I'm off to urban dictionary.

Nluk you later.

[stek]

Fax? WTF??!?

I have a fax service, cost next to nowt, all part of being a business.

I went all NLUK then....,

[mudskipper]

Mine also requested fax. I print, get proper signatures, scan and email with my invoice. They seem happy.

[minestrone]

I don't like doing my timesheets and having a paper invoice sent to me. Don't like it one bit.

[Gentile]

That's a good idea - sort of using the phone as a phone

A quick look shows there are similar apps for iOS, including DropBox integration, and able to handle PDF, Word, Excel, etc.

However the panic is over as, with a little prompting, the agent has revealed the secret email address to which scans can be sent.

Still think it's a bit odd having to use a piece of paper in the first place though; I don't think I've seen a non-online timesheet system since 2009, and I thought it was primitive then. Ho hum

I certainly think it's becoming the norm to approve any documentation electronically. E.g., even though there's been a physical space to sign a paper copy on all of the contracts I've been party to in the past few years, a scanned signature inserted into a PDF of the document has always been a perfectly-acceptable way to exchange signed contracts. And with timesheets, there's usually not even that. They're usually just a web app with a password, that sends appropriate e-mails to all parties to the process, who then log in to create/approve/process payment of the timesheets concerned, and automatically generate self-billing invoices that are e-mailed to the Contractor.

[NickFitz]

Possibly something like this? (or an equivalent app for your mobile phone type). Although I think Bunk has the right idea - they'll probably be amenable to an e-mailed scan/photograph of the thing.

That's a good idea - sort of using the phone as a phone

A quick look shows there are similar apps for iOS, including DropBox integration, and able to handle PDF, Word, Excel, etc.

However the panic is over as, with a little prompting, the agent has revealed the secret email address to which scans can be sent.

Still think it's a bit odd having to use a piece of paper in the first place though; I don't think I've seen a non-online timesheet system since 2009, and I thought it was primitive then. Ho hum