Best connection method for wireless printing and faxing

[nasa]

Im looking to set up a home office. My "office" is in a different room to that of the telephone connection. At the telephone point, I have a router and cordless phone connected.

Is there a way to use a fax machine wirelessly without having to extend the telephone connection into the office? I will be getting a 4-in-one (printer/fax/scan/copy) machine.

Any recommendations for the best 4-in-1 machine for my needs?

Thanks

 

[Drake2007]

I seriously doubt there's a Fax over Wifi solution, why not keep the 4-in-1 with the router, also you'll want a network printer similar to Lexmark X264dn.

 

[nasa]

my thoughts too. Are lexmarks good for wireless 4-in-1 solutions? I know they are more cost effective. Any other brands to look out for?

 

[bekdik]

Get one with a network connection and plug it into your router.

Then you will be able to print to both fax and printer options via your link from your pc to the router, whether wireless or wired. Use wired if you can easily pull a LAN cable as it will give a faster response.

I like the HP range.

This one has wireless:

HP Officejet Pro 6500 Wireless All in one - Laser Quality Speed Black up to 7 ppm, Laser Quality Speed Colour up to 7 ppm, Black: Maximum 32 ppm, Colour Maximum 31 ppm, USB, Ethernet, Wireless 802.11, PCL3, 32MB RAM

 

[acidrain]

Wrt the topic, im not familiar with any products that can do this wirelessly but then again I'm not too clued up on printers, but I would think they would cost quite a bit. Be cheaper to rather by a standard usb 4-in-1 and run the telephone line.

Just my 2c

 

[nasa]

Get one with a network connection and plug it into your router.

Then you will be able to print to both fax and printer options via your link from your pc to the router, whether wireless or wired. Use wired if you can easily pull a LAN cable as it will give a faster response.

I like the HP range.

This one has wireless:

HP Officejet Pro 6500 Wireless All in one - Laser Quality Speed Black up to 7 ppm, Laser Quality Speed Colour up to 7 ppm, Black: Maximum 32 ppm, Colour Maximum 31 ppm, USB, Ethernet, Wireless 802.11, PCL3, 32MB RAM

Wow the Officejet Pro 6500 looks a great piece of machinery for only +-R1600... wheres the catch?

 

[bekdik]

Wow the Officejet Pro 6500 looks a great piece of machinery for only +-R1600... wheres the catch?

Watch out, there are 2 versions of this model, one with wireless and one without. Your price looks like the without - the price is likely to be closer to R2100. Still good

 

[chrismine]

One of my clients bought the HP OfficeJet 6500 - very nice machine, you can print, scan and fax via the wireless connection, but it will not solve the problem, you will still need to extend the telephone line to the fax port on the machine.

Also the software need to be loaded on each machine that need to use the machine.

There is also a HP Photosmart Premier Fax AiO (C309c) that has got the same functionality but with the ability to print on CD/DVD. Both use 5 seperate inktanks, and does not have the printhead as part of the cartridge like with other HP products.

 

[Anony-mousse]

I seriously doubt there's a Fax over Wifi solution, why not keep the 4-in-1 with the router, also you'll want a network printer similar to Lexmark X264dn.

I'm faxing, printing and scanning over wifi with my HP 7680

Lexmark is big rubbish IMO, if you want a decent solution for your home office go for an HP Officejet.

Add: Sry, I got it wrong, you asked: Is there a way to use a fax machine wirelessly without having to extend the telephone connection into the office?

Answer: No

 

[bdt]

Add: Sry, I got it wrong, you asked: Is there a way to use a fax machine wirelessly without having to extend the telephone connection into the office?

Answer: No

*cough* that may be ..less.. than 100% correct: seems that's what's called the "RTX Wireless Phone Jack". Marketing:

50 meters wireless phone line

The Wireless PHONEJack is based on the cordless DECT standard and is the perfect solution whereever you need an extra connection. This well-designed plug can be inserted easily and directly into any power socket anywhere in your home without the need for any annoying or visible electrical wires. The Wireless PHONEJack is a real wireless solution, offering a higher speed than standard power line communication technology.

The Wireless PHONEJack makes installation extremely simple, since it is inserted directly into the power socket without incurring any extra installation costs. Installation time is therefore much quicker, since no physical electrical wires have to be installed. Just plug a Wireless PHONEJack in and communicate – It’s simple and easy.

The telephone jack uses DECT technology from RTX in a special configuration, enabling modem signals to be transmitted at speeds of up to 56 Kbit/s based on the V.34 and V.90 standards. This was not possible with DECT in a normal configuration, but with RTX as the unrivalled leader in DECT, we have been able to expand from the standard 9 Kbit/s to 56 Kbit/s.

The Wireless PHONEJack works with:
• Corded and cordless phones
• Answering macines
• Fax machines
• PC modems
• Satellite set-top boxes
• All-in-one office printer with built-in fax

Note that is just something I've seen them punt: it's up to the OP et al to follow up and check whether it will work out.

 

[ponder]

But it will kill adsl if he tries to connect his router over it.

He should just run another cable back up the conduit to the room where the pc is and install a jack.

 

[bdt]

But it will kill adsl if he tries to connect his router over it.

Personally I would put this thing in the line *after* the POTS filter which would/should leave the ADSL side untouched/attenuated ...in theory at any rate. Still, a call in the morning should be able to get valid answers.

 

[nasa]

Thanks for inputs. Seem I will be extending the telephone cord... Do not have space near existing jack to setup machine.

Found this though:

What's FoIP?
FoIP (pronounced as separate letters) Short for fax over Internet Protocol, the technology that enables the internetworking of fax machines with a packet-based network. Using FoIP, a fax is transmitted via the Internet rather than the traditional method of sending faxes via the telephone line. Using FoIP, the digital data from the fax machine is separated into packets for transmission (as opposed to the traditional method of converting the fax data into analog to be sent over the PSTN). The digital data requires less bandwidth than the analog data, so FoIP is more efficient than analog faxing.

FoIP is the next logical step to VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), a technology that allows almost everyone with a broadband internet connection to use it as a low-cost phone line. In VoIP your voice is converted to data packets that are sent throught the Internet (providing huge savings since it doesn't use the PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network) and converted back to audio on the receiving end.

VoIP is everywhere and has turned into a multi-billion industry, so the next step will be faxing over the Internet.

http://www.foip.org/

Any experiences?

 

[Anony-mousse]

*cough* that may be ..less.. than 100% correct: seems that's what's called the "RTX Wireless Phone Jack". Marketing:Note that is just something I've seen them punt: it's up to the OP et al to follow up and check whether it will work out.

Sorry, can't know every product on this planet. It's a cool thing though this wireless extender.

 

[bdt]

Don't mind me - you put a perfect set-up in front of me and, cad that I am, I just couldn't resist...

 

[Anony-mousse]

Thanks for inputs. Seem I will be extending the telephone cord... Do not have space near existing jack to setup machine.

Found this though:



http://www.foip.org/

Any experiences?

Very common by now. Just register with one of the plenty fax-to-email providers and try it. you'll find out whether you like it.

 

[Anony-mousse]

Don't mind me - you put a perfect set-up in front of me and, cad that I am, I just couldn't resist...

No problem, it's always good to be informed about new gadgets.

 

[nasa]

Very common by now. Just register with one of the plenty fax-to-email providers and try it. you'll find out whether you like it.

Im using fax-to-email at the moment. Correct me if im wrong, but I think FoIP is a bit different...

 

[Anony-mousse]

Im using fax-to-email at the moment. Correct me if im wrong, but I think FoIP is a bit different...

it might not be the same technology but basically that's what it is. faxing over the internet. or am I missing something? perhaps I get everything wrong in this thread.

 

[Anony-mousse]

Okay, it's not the same than fax-to-email or email-to-fax. FoIP uses a traditional fax machine and sends the fax over the internet instead of making use of the telkom line. so you only need something like this if you don't want a normal telephone line in your office nor want to make use of email-to-fax providers.