Fax test

Send a test fax by phone to a Faxbeep test number and check the result.

Send a fax by phone to one of the test numbers. Use a fax machine, a copier with a fax line, or an online fax service. Faxbeep shows the page that it received on faxbeep.com. Faxbeep does not send a fax back.

Each test is public for 30 days. Anyone can open it on faxbeep.com. Use a test page with no personal or confidential data. To remove a test sooner, see Remove a fax.

Test numbers

Country	Dial locally	International	Test email address
US	1 [phone]	[phone]	[e-mail]
UK	[phone]	[phone]	[e-mail]
Australia	[phone]	[phone]	[e-mail]

Each fax number is also a test email address: the digits of the international number, with no plus, then @faxbeep.com.

For a fax by phone, use the number in the “Dial locally” or “International” column. You can call any of the numbers from any country. The test is free, but your line provider can charge for the call.

How to send a test fax

1. Prepare a test page

   Use a page with some text and an image, and with no personal or confidential data. Use black and white.

2. Dial a test number and send

   Send the page from your machine to one of the test numbers, as you send a normal fax.

3. Find your result

   Open faxbeep.com. Your fax appears at the top of the list of test results, usually 1 to 2 minutes after the call ends. The list updates by itself. See The live grid.

4. Check the result

   Open your fax. Check the orientation, the clarity, the page count, and the sender ID that your machine printed at the top of the page. See The fax page.

What you can send

Item	Rule
Colour	Black and white only. Colour faxes are not supported. Phone only
Pages	One page or more.
Time	Your fax usually appears 1 to 2 minutes after the call.

A scan to email test can be in colour.

What the result shows

• While a fax arrives, the label above the list of test results changes to “Incoming fax…”.
• The result has the title “Fax from”, then the sender in a masked form. See How the sender shows.
• The sender ID that your machine prints at the top of the page is part of the image. Faxbeep does not mask it.
• If Faxbeep receives the fax but cannot show it, the fax page says “This fax could not be processed. Please try sending again.”

If the call fails

A call that fails shows nothing on faxbeep.com: no result and no message. Faxbeep shows a fax only when it has received it. Check the report of your machine, then see My fax does not appear.

To check the line itself, see how to test a fax line with a phone on faxbeep.com.

If you used another fax test service

faxbeep.com compares Faxbeep with the HP fax test service, the Canon fax test service and the Telstra fax tester.