{"id":13674,"date":"2025-09-15T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2025-09-19T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:31:18","slug":"why-are-you-still-using-that-fax-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/?p=13674","title":{"rendered":"Why Are You Still Using That Fax Machine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does your business <em>really<\/em> still use that old fax machine? Chances are, it\u2019s just taking up space and costing your business valuable time, money, and resources that would be better spent elsewhere. Let\u2019s look at how a fax machine can actively hold your business back, both in terms of operations and budget.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The truth of the matter is that the fax machine is outdated, and it\u2019s probably wasting more money than you realize\u2014especially when more modern technology fulfills the exact same purpose, only more efficiently. Here are three ways the fax machine impacts your budget and your productivity.<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019re Paying for a Dedicated Landline<\/h2>\n<p>A fax machine takes up a dedicated phone line, which means that there\u2019s a real chance that people who try to call that line to make a sale won\u2019t be able to due to the line being busy or getting fed up with being on hold for too long. This means lost sales for you. When you conduct your fax business over the Internet, you don\u2019t run into that problem, as the connection doesn\u2019t impact your communications. This means you can eliminate the fax phone line entirely.<\/p>\n<p>(In general, it\u2019s a good idea to cut ties with your traditional telephone system, as Voice over Internet Protocol simply offers more functionality for fewer costs\u2014call us to learn more about this solution.)<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019re Paying for Ink and Toner<\/h2>\n<p>How much does your business spend on ink, paper, and toner? These costs can add up if you\u2019re not paying attention, and they\u2019re one big reason why we recommend you move away from fax machines (and printing in general). We\u2019re sure that in today\u2019s business world, you\u2019re probably not receiving a ton of faxes, so it\u2019s in your best interest to move away from the fax machine in favor of a virtual solution.<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019re Paying for Maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>You know the running gag about the McDonald\u2019s ice cream machine always being broken? Well, you could say the same thing for a fax machine. No technology is truly immune to breaking down, but if your fax machine does ever experience problems, you\u2019re paying for an on-site visit from a technician. That\u2019s not to mention all of the extra costs associated with a breakdown, like downtime and lost productivity. All of those seemingly small tasks associated with printers also apply to fax machines, like replacing ink and toner, refilling paper, resolving paper jams, sending\/receiving faxes, and filing all the paperwork, and they\u2019re all unnecessary time sinks and expenses that your business could do without.<\/p>\n<p>The solution, of course, is to ditch the fax machine and implement a better solution for sending and receiving documents. We recommend you go the paperless route if possible so you can dodge the costs of paper, ink, and toner, as well as all the frustrations a physical fax machine can bring. Learn more by calling us at (604) 513-9428 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your business really still use that old fax machine? Chances are, it\u2019s just taking up space and costing your business valuable time, money, and resources that would be better spent elsewhere. Let\u2019s look at how a fax machine can actively hold your business back, both in terms of operations and budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[318,33],"tags":[364,311,303],"class_list":["post-13674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coleman-technologies-blog","category-technology","tag-communication","tag-saving-money","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13686,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions\/13686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}