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Re: do there exist a device that converts a thermal fax to a printer?

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From Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet>
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Subject Re: do there exist a device that converts a thermal fax to a printer?
Date Tue, 17 May 2011 07:28:53 -0400
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On 2011-05-17, 吕韦甫 <treehouse_of_horror@yahoo.cn> wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity, almost anything in our offices have a USB port: 
> speakers, photo-copy machine, routers, coffee machine and so like, but I 
> never came across a fax machine that have a USB port or even COM port. 
> Isn't it strange? I don't see why it's difficult to implement an ESC/P 
> printer language interprator in fax machine just like dot-matrix printers.
>
> Best.
>
Fax machines with USB ports exist, they're called all-in-one printer-scanner-
fax machines, and nowadays some of them cost as little as a plain fax (until
it's time to replace the ink jet cartridges).


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do there exist a device that converts a thermal fax to a printer? 吕韦甫 <treehouse_of_horror@yahoo.cn> - 2011-05-17 16:24 +0800
  Re: do there exist a device that converts a thermal fax to a printer? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-05-17 07:28 -0400
  Re: do there exist a device that converts a thermal fax to a printer? ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-05-17 18:42 +0000

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