subject: Sap Fax [print this page] Digital faxing a technological boon for businesses
Digital faxing has enhanced mobility of businesses and freed them from the confines of space and time. One no longer needs to depend on a fax machine to send or receive faxes. The messy paper trail generated by the conventional fax machines and their regular maintenance is no longer a hassle business owners need to worry about. Cloud faxing or internet faxing has made it possible for incoming faxes to be received as an email in your inbox and sending a fax is as easy as mailing your fax documents to your fax service provider.
What has made it possible to turn your pc, laptop or mobile phone into a fax machine at will? How is data exchanged in fax format converted into images and documents and mailed to your inbox? While as a business owner you do not need to get into the intricate technicalities of the how behind the efficient execution of fax transmissions, it is imperative that you understand how these fax transactions are carried out so that you may choose a fax service provider who offers you the best solutions in this field.
The t.38 faxing solution
What is t.38? It is a protocol which helps you transmit a fax over a computer data network. Simply put, it is the protocol which converts the fax data into computer data and vice-a-versa to bridge the gap between fax machines, the internet and the laptop or mobile phone.
Data transfer works differently than voice transfer. T.38 essentially makes sure that the receiving gateway understands that what it is receiving from a sip server is not a voice call but a data call. T.38 converts the fax into an image file and sends it to the gateway so that it can be transferred over the internet and then converts it back to an analog file readable by the fax machine.
T.38 enables you to receive your faxes in your inbox and transmit your faxes to the recipients using the internet. It enhances the efficiency of cloud faxing or internet faxing.
Digital faxing can be simpler and more effective by giving it the advantage of SAP Fax.
A good SAP partner can take care of implementing your fax needs in one your existing SAP processes. This streamlines your fax requirements and makes it more efficient. Your fax transactions get supervised, tracked and recorded and get executed on schedule. Integrating your fax requirements with a SAP application reduces the implementation time and increases the efficiency of these transactions.
