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using working fax as a printer

tonyowen — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:06:21 GMT

Cam a landline phone/fax be connected to a computer - the phone/fax is a Brother Fax-525dt?

Re: using working fax as a printer

WSH — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:09:55 GMT

That would depend specifically on the make/model and it's specs. I would suggest you drop Brother support and email for that one.

https://www.brother.co.uk/support

Re: using working fax as a printer

tonyowen — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:21:24 GMT

I tried contacting Brother but had no specific reply and the automated 'chat line' pit me on hold for an infinite time till I discontinued after 30 minutes

Re: using working fax as a printer

Crimliar — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:34:19 GMT

The Brother Fax-525dt is a 26yo dedicated fax/copier machine it cannot be set up as a computer printer. As it uses thermal paper it would cost a bomb even if it could be!

Re: using working fax as a printer

licquorice — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:47:29 GMT

@tonyowenwrote:
Cam a landline phone/fax be connected to a computer - the phone/fax is a Brother Fax-525dt?

No.

https://www.laserexpressinc.com/manuals/Brother/brother-fax-515-525dt-user-manual.pdf

Re: using working fax as a printer

tonyowen — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:49:31 GMT

I HAVE THE MANUAL BUT IT DOES NOT HELP

Re: using working fax as a printer

tonyowen — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:55:32 GMT

Agreed it is more than two decades old, and uses thermal paper. BUT given the move to Digital Voice et al what can be done with it on the basis that we discontinue our phone option with BT/EE

Re: using working fax as a printer

shakey1981 — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:57:07 GMT

could this be down to digital voice

Re: using working fax as a printer

tonyowen — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:58:15 GMT

Who knows

Re: using working fax as a printer

Crimliar — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:51:54 GMT

You may or (probably) may not be able to get it to work as a fax machine on digital voice - it all depends on how the audio is filtered/compressed. But the only way to have it working as a printer would be to use your computer with a fax/modem, connect that to the fax machine, and hope that the fax machine will still work even if it doesn't detect a dial tone. *Some fax machines will do this if they are set to work alongside an answering machine. But you could well do all this, only to find it still doesn't work!