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    One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    See attached. I came across this in my old files and found it to be really funny. I believe this is for one of the first fax machines made (1972). Not sure if this was the one where a drum rotated and print was burnt onto thermal paper? You could see smoke coming from it. Took around 20 mins for 1 page with 2 paragraphs of text! LOL

    The sales letter is signed Phil but don't think it's our friend from this forum

    Added this after: Sharp named their early analog copiers "Sharpfax". Even though they had nothing to do with fax technology, except a copy being a "facsimile" of the original placed on glass! No ADF's on early copiers.
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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    To this day I am fascinated with how faxing works and marvel at geniuses who materialized the idea. Mind you, I F#&%ing hate fax machines but I marvel nonetheless.

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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by copyman View Post
    See attached. I came across this in my old files and found it to be really funny. I believe this is for one of the first fax machines made (1972). Not sure if this was the one where a drum rotated and print was burnt onto thermal paper? You could see smoke coming from it. Took around 20 mins for 1 page with 2 paragraphs of text! LOL

    The sales letter is signed Phil but don't think it's our friend from this forum

    Added this after: Sharp named their early analog copiers "Sharpfax". Even though they had nothing to do with fax technology, except a copy being a "facsimile" of the original placed on glass! No ADF's on early copiers.
    I believe the chart was to show what a 5% coverage looked like.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZOOTECH View Post
    I believe the chart was to show what a 5% coverage looked like.
    Good point but sure looks like more than 5% coverage to me?

    Come to think of it I may have made a mistake calling it a brochure.

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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by ZOOTECH View Post
    I believe the chart was to show what a 5% coverage looked like.
    Ah, yes...the infamous Slerexe letter. You are correct.

    Talk about old memories!

    I was really into fax in the late 80s and most of the 90s. That was the era of the fax boom.

    That page not only represented 5% fill, but it was the “official” test page for calculating storage capacities and transmission speeds.

    I used to carry several copies of it in my tool case to use for testing.
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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by KenB View Post
    Ah, yes...the infamous Slerexe letter. You are correct.

    Talk about old memories!

    I was really into fax in the late 80s and most of the 90s. That was the era of the fax boom.

    That page not only represented 5% fill, but it was the “official” test page for calculating storage capacities and transmission speeds.

    I used to carry several copies of it in my tool case to use for testing.
    Was selerex a parts company or am I thinking of sel-drum?

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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by copyman View Post
    See attached. I came across this in my old files and found it to be really funny. I believe this is for one of the first fax machines made (1972). Not sure if this was the one where a drum rotated and print was burnt onto thermal paper? You could see smoke coming from it. Took around 20 mins for 1 page with 2 paragraphs of text! LOL

    The sales letter is signed Phil but don't think it's our friend from this forum

    Added this after: Sharp named their early analog copiers "Sharpfax". Even though they had nothing to do with fax technology, except a copy being a "facsimile" of the original placed on glass! No ADF's on early copiers.
    I think you’re referring to “Group 1”, or “Old FM Mode”.

    Transmission time was 6 minutes for a letter size page. As there was no compression used, the transmission speed never really changed depending on the image.

    The only positive to thermal paper was that no matter how much image there was, there were no other consumables used...no toner (or ink) needed.
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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    We still have ONE account that STILL FAXes service requests!

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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by KenB View Post
    I think you’re referring to “Group 1”, or “Old FM Mode”.

    Transmission time was 6 minutes for a letter size page. As there was no compression used, the transmission speed never really changed depending on the image.

    The only positive to thermal paper was that no matter how much image there was, there were no other consumables used...no toner (or ink) needed.
    Ouch! Showing our age! LOL

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    Re: One of the first Sharp fax brochures?

    Quote Originally Posted by copyman View Post
    Ouch! Showing our age! LOL
    I never did actually see one, but I did learn about it when I went to Canon "fax basic" class back in '88.

    I did, however, get to work on 2 or 3 Canon Fax 330s, which were Group 2 , and analog.
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