Fax July 1996. A major breakthrough in the development of the modern facsimile system was the result of digital technology, where the analog signal from scanners was digitized and then compressed, resulting in the ability to transmit high rates of data across standard phone lines. The first digital fax machine was the Dacom Rapidfax first sold in late 1960s, which incorporated digital data compression technology developed by Lockheed for transmission of images from satellites. Group 3 and 4 faxes are digital formats, and take advantage of digital compression methods to greatly reduce transmission times. Fax Over IP (FoIP) can transmit and
Elton Fax by Fax included such titles as "West African Vignettes" (1960),"Contemporary Black Leaders" (1970), "Seventeen Black Artists" (1972), "Garvey" (1972, a biography of Marcus Garvey), "Through Black Eyes: Journeys of a Black Artist to East Africa and Russia" (1974), "Black Artists of the New Generation" (1977), and "Hashar" (1980). In addition, Fax illustrated books by children's authors such as Georgene Faulkner and Verna Aardema, and created dust jacket art for various publishers, as well as a literacy pamphlet for the Pan American Union. Fax toured Latin America in 1955, and was a lecturer in East Africa in 1963, both times sponsored