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From: sergio@techunix.BITNET (Sergio Fogel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: fax question
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Date: 30 Apr 89 12:33:03 GMT
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  Does anybody know how a fax machine communicates? I know G3 machines
work at 9600 bps, with automatic fallback. The question is: Can a simple
9600 bps modem be used as a fax, with an appropiate program to drive it?

  If it is possible, does anybody know what the standard is? The only thing
I know is that fax machines use a modified Huffman compression algorithm.
I also know there is a CCITT standard, but I couldn't find it here.

  Any help will be appreciated.

Sergio Fogel
sergio@techunix