What is fax software?
For those new to computing, fax software enables you to use your fax modem as a fax machine, both incoming and outgoing. You install the software, which pretends to be a “printer” to all your programs that can produce printable output. If you typed a letter with your word processor, for example, you would then click on the printer icon and the fax software would present you with a dialog box asking for a fax number and other details. More people use fax software for sending faxes than for receiving them. While one uses less paper to receive a fax on a computer, when you can erase something that does not need to be printed, you also need to have your PC and modem left on all the time. Yes, there are modems that will receive a fax without a PC being left on, their pricing is at odds with the budget of the casual fax user. A heavy fax workload requires a dedicated fax machine, aided by a PC and fax software.
