<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions . (May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions . (May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1964, Xerox Corporation introduced (and patented) what many consider to be the first commercialized version of the modern fax machine, under the name (LDX) or Long Distance Xerography . This model was superseded two years later with a unit that would truly set the standard for fax machines for years to come . Up until this point facsimile machines were very expensive and hard to operate . In 1966, Xerox released the Magnafax Telecopiers, a smaller, 46 - pound facsimile machine . This unit was far easier to operate and could be connected to any standard telephone line . This machine was capable of transmitting a letter - sized document in about six minutes . The first sub-minute, digital fax machine was developed by Dacom, which built on digital data compression technology originally developed at Lockheed for satellite communication . </P> <P> By the late 1970s, many companies around the world (especially Japan) entered the fax market . Very shortly after a new wave of more compact, faster and efficient fax machines would hit the market . Xerox continued to refine the fax machine for years after their ground - breaking first machine . In later years it would be combined with copier equipment to create the hybrid machines we have today that copy, scan and fax . Some of the lesser known capabilities of the Xerox fax technologies included their Ethernet enabled Fax Services on their 8000 workstations in the early 1980s . </P>

When was the fax machine invented and by whom