📠️ Fax machine emoji
A fax machine, a telecommunications device for transmitting scanned printed documents over telephone lines. Features a handset, control panel with buttons, and paper tray for receiving incoming faxes or sending outgoing documents.
Fax machines were essential office equipment from the 1980s through early 2000s, enabling rapid document transmission across long distances. They could also function as photocopiers and basic scanners, making them versatile office tools.
While largely replaced by email and digital document sharing, fax machines remain in use in some industries like healthcare and legal services for secure document transmission. Related to 📞 Telephone receiver, 📄 Page facing up, and 🖨️ Printer.
Could also be called Fax, facsimile machine or telefax emoji.
Other meanings
Office technology, document transmission, business communication, legacy equipment
Example Usage
Please send the contract via fax machine 📠
More details
Fax machines are legacy technology that have largely been replaced by modern 💻 computers with 🛜 internet connections.
Xerox 👩🔬 invented the fax machine in 1964 and they became widely used in the 80’s and 90’s.
Fax machines are sometimes still used by legacy systems or where 🏛️ legal or 🔒 security concerns require it.
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Visual description
A beige or white desktop machine with a telephone handset on top, control panel with numerous buttons, and paper feeding through the device.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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