How to Send a Fax Without a Fax Machine

In this article, wikiHow will show you how to send documents to a fax machine without connecting your computer to the fax machine, modem, or phone line. You can send faxes for free via FaxZero or use MyFax’s 30-day trial. FaxZero is limited to only sending 3 pages once and sending only 5 faxes per day. The free trial of MyFax is limited to 100 pages, you must use a credit card to register, after the trial period expires, you have to pay $10 (~VND 200,000) per month. You must cancel your subscription to MyFax before the end of the trial period if you do not want to continue using the service.

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Using FaxZero

Visit the FaxZero page. Address https://faxzero.com/.

Enter sender information. In the upper left corner of the screen, fill in the following fields:

Name – Enter the name.
Email – Enter an active email address. You need access to this email address to send faxes, so make sure you can sign in.
Phone # – Enter the phone number.

Enter recipient information. In the upper right corner of the screen, fill in the following fields:

Name – Enter the name of the fax recipient.
Fax # – Enter the fax number of the machine you want to fax.

Click the Choose Files button. The gray button is under “Fax Information”.

There are 3 options Choose Files in case you want to download multiple documents.

Select Word or PDF to send. Click on the document you want to send.

Initially, you may have to navigate to the location where the document is saved by clicking the folder name on the left side of the File Explorer or Finder window.
The maximum document length is only 3 pages.

Click on Open . This button is located in the bottom right corner of the screen. This is the operation to upload the file to the FaxZero window.

Add text to the cover page. Type a message in the text box in the center of the page so that the message appears at the top of the fax.

Cover pages do not count towards the 3-page limit.

Enter the confirmation code. In the “Confirmation Code” field located under the cover area, type the 5 characters shown below this field.

Click the Send Free Fax Now button. This button is located at the bottom of the page.

Open an email account. Log in to the email account you entered in the sender section. Open the inbox.

You must enter your email address and password to log in before continuing.

Open email from FaxZero. Click to open email from “FaxZero.com”.

Be sure to check your “Spam” folder as well (check the Updates folder on Gmail, or the Other folder on Outlook).

Click on the confirmation link. You will see the link below the text “Please click on the URL below…” (Please click on the URL below…); Click on this link to send a fax.

You can send 5 faxes per day using FaxZero.

Using MyFax

Visit the MyFax page. Address http://www.myfax.com/. This is the home page address of MyFax.

Click on the FREE 30 DAY TRIAL button. Blue button on the left side of the screen.

The trial version of MyFax gets 100 pages for free.

Select state. Click the State drop-down dialog box, then select the state you want to send the fax to.

Choose the city. Click the City drop-down dialog box, then select the city and area code you want to send the fax to.

Click on Next Step . The orange button is in the lower right corner of the screen.

Enter your name and email address in the text field in the center of the page.

Remember to use an active email address because you must have access to your email to send a fax.

Click on Next Step .

Enter payment information. Include card name, card number, expiration date, security code and billing address.

MyFax will invoice (and return) the $0.99 (~20000VND) deposit to ensure that your payment information is correct, there is no fee to activate the trial version.

Check the “I have read” box. The dialog box is near the bottom of the page.

Click on Start Trial . This orange button is near the bottom of the page. This is the operation to create a MyFax account.

Click the LOGIN button. This button is in the middle of the page.

Click on SEND FAXES . You will see this option on the left side of the screen.

Enter recipient information. Complete the following fields:

Name – Enter the recipient’s name.
Company Name – Enter the name of the receiving company.
Fax Number – The number of the receiving fax machine.
- You should see the country code listed here instead of the Fax Number .

Add subject and message. Enter the fax subject in the “Subject” field in the center of the page, then enter a personal message (if needed) in the “Message” field below.

Add attachments. Click Choose Files , click the file you want to attach (for example, a document), and then click Open .

The trial version of MyFax allows you to send 10 documents or attachments up to 20 MB in size in one fax.

Advice

GotFreeFax is another free option, you can send up to 3 fax pages. For a paid service, you can choose RingCentral if you regularly send and receive faxes.

Warning

Don’t forget to cancel your fax account if you no longer need it.

Steps

Using FaxZero

Using MyFax

Advice

Warning

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