Online Fax Tips

• Use page with plain white background
• Use black text color
• Use a large font size (12pt or larger)
• Use a sans-serif font face (Arial, Verdana, etc.), especially for small fonts
• Use a portrait page layout
• Use a standard page size (letter size)
• Use simple high contrast graphics
• Use a fax cover page
• Feed paper into scanner/fax machine in the correct direction; do not fax document with content upside down

• Scan document in black white halftone mode
• Scan document at a resolution of 200 DPI
• If document has a color or patterned background (passport, birth certificate etc.), try increasing scanning contrast to remove background and make text more distinctive
• To learn more technical details about scanning, read "Scanning for Fax" at ScanTips.com

• Low resolution - fax has a maximum resolution of 200 DPI versus 600+ DPI resolution of laser printers and inkjet printers
• Black and white only - color or greyscale contents are converted to black and white halftone mode in fax