Fax Fax Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (the latter short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and then transmitting it through the telephone system in the form of audio-frequency tones. The receiving fax machine interprets the tones and reconstructs the image, printing a paper copy. Early
Fax (TV series) Fax (TV series) Fax was a show that appeared on BBC1 between 1986 and 1988. It was presented by Bill Oddie, Wendy Leavesley, Debbie Rix and Billy Butler. The series first began on Tuesday 7 January 1986 at 5.35pm. Viewers wrote in questions for the team to answer in each episode. The show was created to fill a vacant time slot after the BBC replaced Sixty Minutes with the Six O'Clock News, creating a gap between the end of children's shows and the beginning of the news. The third series of "Fax" was moved to a Sunday teatime slot, when