Jim Thomps>> >>
>>> Jim Thomps>>>> >>>>
>>>>> Jim Thomps>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim Thomps>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jim Thomps>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Thomps>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I sold my fax modem years ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I use a web-to-fax service for 10 cents per outgoing fax.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't fax very often and over the years it hasn't even totaled
yet
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to a large coffee.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, nobody can fax in but nobody does anyways..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Has fax faded away yet?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should a business still be faxable? Or does fax look old fashioned
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these days?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's say...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax # on business cards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax # on signs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax # on web sites
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax # on vans
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax # on T shirts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think fax is not worthy of the added text space anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signatures on docs (followed by snail mail originals) gets things
>>>>>>>>>>>>> moving when the movers are inclined and available to do so. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't necessarily mean you need to have your own machine... if
you
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't mind your receiving end sniffing confidential stuff...
>>>>>>>>>>>> Scan to a PDF
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Whenever I do that with consulting agreements (three pages plus two
>>>>>>>>>>> appendix sheets) I usually end up well north of 2MB when scanning at
>>>>>>>>>>> 300dpi B/W. 150dpi gets it to around 1.5MB but then redability
begins to
>>>>>>>>>> suffer. And all just to have my signature on there. The non-signed
>>>>>>>>>> formatted word processor output is much smaller. Any tricks?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>> Yes. It's called the 21st Century ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, I know. It's all 21st century software here. So how do I get
that
>>>>>>>> smaller?
>>>>>>>> Most everything comes to me as .doc or .pdf. If .doc convert to .pdf
>>>>>>>> and "sign" electronically.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Latest SOW came in as a 10-page .doc, converted to .pdf at 105kB,
>>>>>>>> signed and converted compatible with v4... 72kB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So you just copy and paste your signature into it?
>>>>>> You have to add a little of Jack's Secret Sauce ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Right now we prefer a Whiskey-based barbeque sauce :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ... In Adobe it's "watermark or background"
>>>>>>
>>>>> That's IMHO not safer than a copied and pasted signature. AFAIR even the
>>>>> Foxit Software allows you to edit watermarks. It does then tag the
>>>>> modified file with a new red watermark but I bet there is or is soon
>>>>> going to be software out there that wouldn't do that.
>>>> After you "sign" it, you "lock" it with a password.
>>>>
>>> As long as the next software in line won't mess with the file on a
>>> graphics level I would assume.
>>
>> PDF??
>>
>
>Why not? So far just about anything has been hacked.
Last i heard RSA had not been hacked yet.