Documents on the road

Email and then I print anything I need with the printer I have connected through my phone.

 

yes, me two, broker will email or can fax to me, I print it out and sign doc and send back, if needed. I use a smartphone which serves as the mobile hotspot for my laptop. I have a fax service on internet, costs me about $48/yr. and that allows me to send emails/attachments as a fax to the broker. Also, you could take a picture of the signed doc and send that pic to the broker, or to an email. Very handy too if you have damages or if a shipper/receiver damages your trailer, damaged freight, etc. CYA as they say.

 

You can send and receive faxes at a truck stop for two bucks a page. Some of the smaller truck stops charge less. Bring stamps from home for outgoing mail since the stamps are also high in truck stops. You will find mail drop boxes along the way. As far as receiving mail, when you figure out how to get mail delivered to your truck let me know.

 

Got a 3 in 1 printer with that air print thingy. Gt a smartphone and an ipad3. I have everything emailed. Everything I want to keep, it keeps. If someone needs someng from me, I sign it, scan it, send it to email, which puts it n my iPad, and I mail it. That faxing gets expensive. Some places want to charge $5 per state for OSOW permits. Printer ink can get expensive, but I do like having my own stuff.

 

I keep hp laptop hooked to a canon printer/scanner/copier and it serves as a tripak scanner and any paperwork the company needs to send.

 

Personally, if I need to send a document, I scan it with my phone (iPhone, the app is called TurboScan -- it works great, and very easy to use), and email it as a .pdf attachment. If I need to receive, I have them scan and email it to me. I can look at it on my phone, and if I need to print it off, that's when I break out the printer and laptop. Although I've found it's extremely rare that they can't scan/email, if you absolutely must have a fax sent or received there are plenty of free faxing options online (Google it). If you do use one of those freebies, I'd set up a 'throwaway' email address to sign up for the free service (no such thing as 'free' -- whatever email address you sign up with WILL get spammed.