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| ⚫ | A '''fax machine''' is a device "that transmit[s] and receive[s] printed or pictorial matter on [[document]]s from one location to another, typically over [[telephone line]]s.”<ref>[[Secure Services Technology v. Time & Space Processing|Secure Servs. Technology, Inc. v. Time & Space Processing, Inc.]], 722 F. Supp. 1354, 1356 (E.D. Va. 1989)([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=140916666047726612&q=722+F.+Supp.+1354&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]).</ref> |
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| ⚫ | A '''fax machine''' (or '''facsimile machine''') is a device "that transmit[s] and receive[s] printed or pictorial matter on [[document]]s from one location to another, typically over [[telephone line]]s.”<ref>[[Secure Services Technology v. Time & Space Processing|Secure Servs. Technology, Inc. v. Time & Space Processing, Inc.]], 722 F. Supp. 1354, 1356 (E.D. Va. 1989) ([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=140916666047726612&q=722+F.+Supp.+1354&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]).</ref> |
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| + | Such devices "transmit the material by [[scan]]ning [[input document]]s and producing a series of [[digital pulse]]s electrically related to the [[scan]]ned printed or pictorial images. The [[digital pulse]]s are sent via [[wire]] to a receiving machine which, when synchronized with the sending machine, is able to [[reproduce]] the transmitted document.”<ref>''Id.''</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 15 October 2012
Definition[]
A fax machine (or facsimile machine) is a device "that transmit[s] and receive[s] printed or pictorial matter on documents from one location to another, typically over telephone lines.”[1]
Overview[]
Such devices "transmit the material by scanning input documents and producing a series of digital pulses electrically related to the scanned printed or pictorial images. The digital pulses are sent via wire to a receiving machine which, when synchronized with the sending machine, is able to reproduce the transmitted document.”[2]