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Which type of office machine scans each page of a document, translates the information into electronic impulses, and transmits the impulses over the telephone line to another machine, where they are converted into an exact copy of the original document?

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Answer: facsimile. ("fax") A process by which fixed graphic material including pictures, text, or images is scanned and the information converted into electrical signals which are transmitted via telephone to produce a paper copy of the graphics on the receiving fax machine. Some modems can be used to send and receive fax data ...

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