Tuesday, June 11, 2013

How to port your actual fax number to an online fax service

Popfax assigns you a local fax number for receiving faxes in over 500  cities across more than 23 countries, and allows you to send faxes  worldwide. There is no difference between the digital fax number  provided by Popfax.com and a traditional fax number. If you already have  a fax number you can port it to Popfax.com

Already have a fax number? - Transfer it to the online fax service!
If  you already have a fax number you can port it to Popfax.com – thus you  will continue to receive faxes on your usual fax number.
You can both keep your fax number that you are accustomed to and benefit from all the advantages of a professional online fax service provided by Popfax.
If you intend to port your fax number, contact Popfax customer service via email support@popfax.com and subscribe to our Portability offer for only 140 EUR, that includes: 
  • 2 Years of Send & Receive Subscription with free and unlimited fax reception
  • Option pack activated for the whole duration
  • 100 fax pages to send
  • Free fax number portability
Thanks to Fax Number Portability you can transfer your fax number to the Popfax Service without interrupting fax communication and without the need to inform your customers of your new number.
The fax number portability is currently available in France, Spain, and the USA.
If it is not possible to port the existing number, you can get a new  fax number provided by Popfax and redirect faxes to your new Popfax  number, fully enjoying the Popfax service. Or, you can simply disconnect  your old fax number.

5 ways to send fax online using Popfax.com Internet Fax Service


Choose the most appropriate way to send fax for your business needs, from the range of options provided by Popfax. You can send fax from your online Popfax.com account, from email, from your mobile device or using the Popcompanion fax software. The process for sending a fax is simple: indicate the destination fax number and select the documents you want to send. You can also send fax to multiple destinations at once. After you send fax, you will receive a sending status report, regardless of how you fax.

1. Send fax online from internet browser
This is the default and main way of sending faxes with Popfax. Independently of the type of subscription: Send & Receive, Send Only, Corporate faxing or Fax mailing, you will be allocated an online account. Here you can securely login with a password and manage your fax communication.

2. Send fax from email
If it is more convenient for you to operate from your email client, you can send fax just as you would compose and send an email message. No printing, walking to a fax machine, dialing numbers, and waiting for the fax to send.



3. Send fax from smartphone using mobile fax website


For users that are always on the move Popfax has developed a mobile version of the site. It is compatible with all iPhones, Blackberries, and other PDAs or Smartphones, and includes the full range of Internet fax features.
All you need is a mobile device and Internet connection - no additional software required!
Just imagine how convenient it would be to take a picture of a document from your smart phone, and fax it instantly.


4. Send fax from Windows desctop using Popfax printer-driver



The Popfax printer driver converts any document on your desktop and prints into the black and white TIFF FAX G3 format and then sends it to any fax machine via Popfax.com Internet Fax Service.
You can fax from almost any application as simply as printing a document. There is no need to launch an internet browser or memorize a website address, just print your document inside an application. Instead of printing to paper, your printout will be sent as a fax.
When you want to send fax, in the opened document just go to the Print dialog box, choose Popfax printer from the printer menu, and click on the Print button. It prepares the document for faxing and opens the Popfax printer-driver fax software. If you have entered the names and fax numbers of your correspondents in your contact book, then you can select them from there or you can add new contacts and click on "Send Fax".
You can send fax to one or multiple recipients at once in several clicks. Just import your contacts to the Popfax printer-driver, select the document to fax, and click on "Send".
To make your fax look more professional, you can also add a cover page. With the Popfax printer-driver fax software, you can fax any type of document, there is no limit to the type of document you can fax.

5. Scan and fax using mobile fax application - Popcompanion


Now you can take pictures with the smartphone’s built-in camera and fax them at once. In other words, your mobile device becomes a real fax machine: scan the pages of a document one after the other with your smartphone’s camera and send the resulting assembled document to your fax correspondent.