How Can I Test My FAX Machine?

1. Send a fax to another fax machine in your vicinity. If you have another fax machine hooked up to a different fax number than the one that you are testing, you can send a fax to that machine to make sure that the new fax machine's sending function is working properly. Send a fax to the new machine from the other machine to make sure you can receive faxes.
2. Ask a friend or family member to send you a fax to the new machine. This will allow you to make sure you are receiving faxes. Send a fax to your friend and call to verify that they received it.
3. Send a text to free faxing web service, such as Fax Toy (see Resources). You send the fax to their toll-free number and then go to their website and make sure that it has transmitted correctly. It only takes a minute for your fax to show up on the site once it was sent. Use other free fax services, like FaxZero (see Resources), to send a test fax to your fax machine.