Fax you, Davis Square!

[winterhill.livejournal.com]

Looked briefly thru tags but couldn't find anything about fax machines in Davis.  I need to fax this afternoon.  But where?

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[inahandbasket]

The copy shop in the little courtyard near starbucks has a fax if I remember correctly...

[ron_newman]

It's called Princeton Printing. Used to be Sir Speedy.

[ron_newman]

I tagged this as "office services". Try the UPS Store on Highland Ave.

[ron_newman]

But if you're faxing a document you have on the computer, and you have a USB faxmodem, you can send it yourself directly without using such a service.

Do the ad-based ones send an ad as a page before or after your fax? That could be obnoxious.

[ron_newman]

True, my latest MacBook came without a modem, so I bought a little USB one for those times that I needed to fax. On a Mac, faxing is just printing to the fax device instead of to a printer or PDF.

Old school

[winterhill.livejournal.com]

I knew folks would tell me to fax over the computer or scan, but I have a couple of papers in my hand that need to be faxed to a doctor and no access to a scanner, etc.

I'll try UPS store, thanks guys.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I didn't know about that. I have a scanner but no fax, so I've had to shlep down to UPS and pay to fax. I'll try this next time!

[ron_newman]

Do you have a modem and a land line? That should be all you and your computer need in order to fax directly.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The UPS Store on Highland (very near the main intersection at Davis) will fax for you. It's a dollar a page, though. Do you have a scanner? You could send a PDF for free.

A rant on the side:

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

It is the year Two Thousand Freaking Nine. Would business offices please stop asking me to fax them things?

No, I do not own a fax machine. Neither do I have bedesmen to pray for my well-being or go falconing on weekends.

Re: A rant on the side:

[ron_newman]

If it's a document with my social security number on it (such as some flexible benefit account claim forms), I'd rather fax it than e-mail it.

Re: A rant on the side:

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

...

Sometimes, you say ridiculous things, Ron, and I cannot tell if you're being serious or funny.

Re: A rant on the side:

[ron_newman]

What's ridiculous about that? I don't think e-mailing a PDF with my SSN on it is a smart thing to do.

Re: A rant on the side:

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree with that. Sending that in the clear over a fax line isn't any more secure.

Re: A rant on the side:

[ron_newman]

I don't see a good alternative, though. At least a fax doesn't sit on an unknown number of other people's servers on the way from my computer to its destination.

Re: A rant on the side:

[seamraog.livejournal.com]

No, but a fax does usually end up sitting in a big pile of faxed printouts at whatever company's fax machine where most employees can flip through them if they are so inclined.

There may be no good alternative, but don't kid yourself into a false sense of security over any method of information transfer. Even physically handing paperwork to a human agent can be prone to shenanigans if we want to get the paranoia hats out.

Re: A rant on the side:

[roosto.livejournal.com]

uploading a pdf via SSL seems like a pretty good alternative to me...

of course, then one has to put faith in the web developers to not just drop my pdf somewhere with world readable permissions...

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

*snerk* This reminds me of how the state's frickin health plan will let you enroll online in a matter of minutes, but requires a damn paper check every month for payment. No credit cards, no debit cards, no automatic withdrawals from a bank account, no, you have to write out a check and send it via post.

Re: A rant on the side:

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Seal that envelope with sealing wax! have it hand-delivered by a street urchin paid well for his discretion!

Re: A rant on the side:

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Pony Express! Carrier pigeon!

[ron_newman]

But if you ask your bank to make an automatic payment every month, and they can't do an electronic transfer for some reason, they'll mail a paper check for you at no charge. That's how I pay my rent every month, from a Wainwright account.

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

Yep, I know friends who pay their roommates for utility bills in the same way. I know Bank of America will send paper checks as automatic payment if you want them to.

[ron_newman]

Although asking the bank to mail a paper check back to someone else in the same house where you live seems .... somehow very silly.

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

I thought so, too, though it depends, I guess. You eliminate the need for a checkbook, meaning saving paper and not worrying about it getting lost. Also, if you're really forgetful, it helps.

But yeah, I agree with the silliness of it. It's like the people in my office who call the person 3 desks away...

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that's not really my point. :)

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

never tire of achewood.

and totally agree on the faxing.