[X4U] Fax to japan

[George Schneider]

> on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:49:45 +0100, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> I need to send a fax to Sigma Japan.  Their number is 81-(0)
> 44-989-7451.  I need to know in which field I place what to make
> sending the fax a success.
> I select "Fax PDF" (in the print menu) and then....?
> 
> Is it correct that I place 9897451 in the top line and 008144 in the
> bottom line?  the "00" is for us for an international connection.

paul

an even simpler way to think of Japan telenumbers... they all start/are
printed/written (basically) beginning with zero, "0". 

dialing within japan, the initial zero can be dialed Optionally in local
area; Must be dialed for out-of-local area; when calling cellphones.

dialing in from off-island however, the initial zero is always dropped.

numbers look like this for you (not being in the US), eg:
(using spaces instead of hyphens is my convention)

tokyo - 03 1234 5678 -> 00 81 3 1234 5678
yokohama - 045 123 4567 -> 00 81 45 123 4567
chiba - 0471 12 3456 -> 00 81 471 12 3456
sapporo - 011 123 4567 -> 00 81 11 123 4567
cellphones start off mostly 050; 070; 080; 090 -> 00 81 90 1234 5678
free dial/tollfree normally starts with 0120, but i don't think these
numbers will connect from overseas.

as i mentioned, for the most part numbers are now 8-digit, thou there
are areas that hold on to the older 7-digit and 1, 2 or 3-digit areas
codes!!! pretty wild, eh?

george