Your PC can send and receive normal faxes, just like an office fax machine. To do this, you'll need a special modem that can handle fax data. If you want to send hand-written notes, you will also need a scanner, so letters and graphics created on your PC can be sent directly via the fax modem. If you have a modem that can send and receive faxes, you can control it through Windows. Both Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 can send and receive faxes. If your computer receives a fax, it's stored as an image, which you can then view on screen or print out. If you want to send a fax, there are several ways of doing this. The easiest is to install the fax modem as a type of printer. If you want to fax a letter to someone, type the letter in your word processor and select File/Print. You'll see your normal printer listed together with the fax modem. Choose the fax modem and you'll be asked to type in the fax telephone number of the recipient.
