faxers
Machine-based page transmitters
Faxers are people who send faxes—documents transmitted electronically over telephone lines.
The term belongs to an era when fax machines were essential office equipment: The faxers kept the machine busy all morning.
Now largely obsolete, as email and digital documents have replaced fax communication in most contexts.
Data transmission devices
- telephone linesCables transmitting voice signals
- analogComparable equivalent
- digitalOf discrete data
- scannersSignal detection devices
protocols · resolution · compression · handshake · dial tones · carriers · signals · encoding
Devices that send signals
- sendersThose who transmit items
- machinesDevices that perform tasks
- documentsFormal written records
- pagesBound paper sheets
cover sheets · toner · paper jams · thermal paper · busy signals · confirmation · recipients · secretaries
Those who manage equipment
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- employeesPaid staff members
- assistantsPeople who provide support
- receptionistsStaff who greet visitors
office workers · legal professionals · medical staff · insurance agents · real estate agents · notaries · bureaucrats · dispatchers
modems
Data transmission devices
- telephone linesCables transmitting voice signals
- analogComparable equivalent
- digitalOf discrete data
scanners · protocols · resolution · compression · handshake · dial tones · carriers · signals · encoding · transmission
transmitters
Devices that send signals
pages · cover sheets · toner · paper jams · thermal paper · busy signals · confirmation · recipients · secretaries · administrators
operators
Those who manage equipment
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- employeesPaid staff members
- assistantsPeople who provide support
receptionists · office workers · legal professionals · medical staff · insurance agents · real estate agents · notaries · bureaucrats · dispatchers · coordinators