How to test your fax machine in the 21st Century

Maintaining one of a small number of remaining Fax machines can be difficult when you need to debug or diagnose it. Other users of fax machines are less common every day making testing harder. Here are some resources that may be helpful: 

Using a Test fax line that will fax you back
HP offers a quick and easy fax test. Just send them a test fax and they will fax another back within minutes.

Here are instructions from their website:

Send a one page fax to 1-888-hpfaxme (1-888-473-2963).

When your fax is received by the HP Test Fax Service, we will generate a return fax to you within five minutes,  confirming that it received your fax. This verifies that you can both send and receive a fax. If you do not receive a return fax within a few minutes, there may be a problem with the configuration of your fax machine. Check your user manual that came with the  fax for proper setup and configuration.

Canon offers a similar service to the HP Test Fax Service above. That number is 855-392-2666.

Verify the fax sent is legible

To test the send functionality of your fax machine, send a one-page fax to 1-855-330-1239 (USA Toll Free) or 1-213-293-2943. When it’s finished transmitting, point your web browser to Fax Toy — it’s a web site that displays whatever is faxed to that number. If all works well, within a minute or so, your fax will appear on the page.

Send yourself a FREE FAX

The following are free services to quickly and easily send a fax to your fax machine/line.
These services are all different, however most have some method to send a fax for free. Some may require registraton.

https://www.myfax.com/free/

https://faxzero.com/

https://www.gotfreefax.com

Contact me with your USA Fax number
Maybe I can send you a fax as well as help test your ability to send.