I use a scanner. I have a 20+ year old SCSI one still working well and also the networked scanner on a not too old full duplex colour laser.
Most people don't have a scanner. Recently we were sent phone camera photos of material in a magazine. Not good enough. So they posted the actual magazine. I was sure they had a scanner, but maybe it's lost or only worked on Windows 98 or something. You and I are not typical computer users
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I'm not sure what the above has to do with scanning vs faxing. You already have a paper copy, so why is faxing a plus?
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I didn't fully explain. It's a demo of how hard using a keyboard might be compared to writing. It's not about faxing being better, but explaining why fax machines are still used in countries that don't have an alphabetic script.
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Though there are now "scanners" that are very high resolution cameras, some even with lasers to measure page curl. I used a borrowed slide/negative scanner with SCSI in about 2003, but I recently got a holder, backlight, extension macro tubes and bracket for my Canon EOS70 DSLR and it's rather better and much faster. Using the 18-55mm lens at about 50mm.
Anyone want an old Olympus OM10 kit (3x lenses in one zoom, macro tubes and teleconverter, plus unused expired film)?
Or a 1/2 frame Olympus PEN EE-2. I think only for film enthusiasts.