Increasing speed of non-error corrected fax transmissions

A fax system employed in a packet switching network environment for use by fax users for transmission of fax information comprising:

• a network router device for directing information in packet form through the packet switching network and responsive to fax information in packet form and coupled, through a network interface, to one or more communications devices, said network device storing each packet of fax information as it is received, each of the communications devices being capable of receiving fax information and having a predetermined minimum scan line time therefore and prior to the transmission of the processed fax message, the network interface being adapted to transfer a first frame from the communications devices to the network device, said first frame for indicating whether or not a particular communications device supports Error Correction Mode (ECM) and if the particular communications device supports ECM, the network device for transmitting fax information through the network interface to the particular communications device using approximately zero minimum scan line time,
• wherein fax information is transmitted at a fast speed through the use of approximately zero minimum scan line time thereby decreasing costs to the users of the fax system and increasing the overall fax system performance.