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Definition[]

A fax machine (or facsimile machine) is a device "that transmit[s] and receive[s] printed or pictorial matter on documents from one location to another, typically over telephone lines.”[1]

Overview[]

Such devices "transmit the material by scanning input documents and producing a series of digital pulses electrically related to the scanned printed or pictorial images. The digital pulses are sent via wire to a receiving machine which, when synchronized with the sending machine, is able to reproduce the transmitted document.”[2]

References[]

  1. Secure Servs. Technology, Inc. v. Time & Space Processing, Inc., 722 F. Supp. 1354, 1356 (E.D. Va. 1989) (full-text).
  2. Id.
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