With a fax machine or a fax-modem or some other type of fax program for your computer.
reference: ftp://ftp.faximum.com/pub/faqs/fax/fax-faq unfortunately CNG tones are only required if the fax machine is working in 'autmoatic mode'. If a person is manually faxing the standards do not require a CNG tone to be generated by the fax machine. This causes problems for some voice+fax services that rely on detecting the fax tone to switch their system to fax recipt mode.
It means that the fax machine on the other end rang but did not pick up the phone call.
Check your fax machine to find out why the message did not receive - if it is a matter of a busy signal, then the other machine may just be busy. Call to make sure you have the right fax number, and that their fax machine is operational.
Not unless the fax machine is designed to monitor the line and answer when the fax tone is heard. It is most often not automatic.
You set the fax machine to automatically pick up the call after a number of rings. If you want to answer the call with the phone, then you would pick up the receiver to answer it.
Make sure that you have separate phone line for you fax machine and separate for your telephone. If not, even normal calls will make your fax machine rings.
Dedicated fax machine is the main fax machine that can be configured to where the fax will be receive and support extension fax machine.
It the computer is on the same line as the fax machine then no. The fax machine will dial the receivers number to ask for the fax receiver to allow it to send. as you are sending on the same line you'll probably get an engaged tone
Your question is unclear. If you have a single phone line, it can only be used for one thing at a time... you can talk on the phone, or send/receive fax data, not both (if you have "call waiting", switching from the fax to a call will disrupt the fax). If you have multiple lines, it depends on your fax machine, but in most cases you still wouldn't be able to send or receive a fax and talk on the phone at the same time. However, if you have a combination fax machine/phone, usually you CAN pick up the handset if a voice call comes in, even if the machine is set to default to fax mode.
If you connect your printer/fax combination machine to your phone line, yes, it would be your home number. Which means people that call your house will get the fax machine.
Assuming that you already own the fax machine, the only charge is the cost of the telephone call using the fax machine. If the number you are sending the fax to is a free local call, or a toll-free number, then there is no charge to send the fax from your home. If the number is not local or toll-free, you will pay the same per-minute long distance charges you would pay if you made a regular phone call from your home phone to the same number. Of course, you will also pay for the electricity to operate the fax machine, but that cost is negligible.