Fax cover sheet maker
Fill in a cover sheet, attach the document you are faxing, and get a single PDF with the cover as page 1, ready to fax or print. Templates for medical, legal, real estate and everyday faxes, three plain black-and-white layouts that stay readable on any fax machine. Free, no account, and it all happens in your browser.
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The send page opens with this PDF added. You enter the fax number there.
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How to make a fax cover sheet
- Step 1
Pick what the fax is for
Medical, legal and real estate each start with a matching privacy notice and a reference line (patient, case number, property). General starts with no notice. You can change any of it.
- Step 2
Fill in To and From
Name, office, fax and a phone number the recipient can call if pages are missing. Empty optional lines are left off the page instead of printing blank boxes.
- Step 3
Add the details
Date, number of pages, subject, a short message and marks such as Urgent or Please reply. The preview on the right (below the form on a phone) is the actual PDF and updates as you type.
- Step 4
Attach your document
Add the PDF or photo you are sending. You get one file with the cover sheet as page 1, and the page count fills in by itself.
- Step 5
Fax it or download it
Fax this opens FaxUp's send page with the file already added, and the fax number too when you typed a US or Canadian one. Download PDF saves it to print or send another way.
Which template to pick
- Medical
- For records requests, referrals, prior authorizations and pharmacy paperwork. The notice says the pages may contain health information and asks a wrong recipient to call and shred them. Keep the cover itself to a name and date of birth at most.
- Legal
- For filings, signed declarations and letters between offices. Adds a line for the matter or case number and a notice about confidential and possibly privileged content.
- Real estate
- For offers, counteroffers, disclosures and lease applications. Adds a property line so the agent or lender can match the fax to the file.
- General
- For signed contracts, forms to a government office or anything else. No notice by default; turn one on if the pages are personal or financial.
Writing the letter that goes behind the cover? The fax letter templates cover records requests, authorizations and cancellations. Faxing a government office? Check the agency fax number directory.
Questions
Is anything uploaded?
No. The cover sheet is drawn by your browser with pdf-lib, and an attached document is read and joined on your device. Nothing is sent to FaxUp until you choose to fax it. Our analytics count that the tool was used and which layout was picked, never what you typed or your file.
Do I need a cover sheet to send a fax?
Not technically; a fax goes through without one. It helps the pages reach the right person in a shared office and gives them a number to call if something is missing, so many offices expect one, especially clinics and law firms.
What should a fax cover sheet include?
Who it is for and from, both fax numbers, a phone number to call back, the date, the number of pages and what the fax is about. A confidentiality notice is common when the pages are medical, legal or financial.
Does a confidentiality notice make a fax HIPAA compliant?
No. A notice tells someone who gets the fax by mistake what to do, but compliance depends on how the office handles the information as a whole: sending to the right number, sending only what is needed, and the recipient's own safeguards. Ask your compliance contact if you are not sure.
Should the page count include the cover sheet?
Most people count it and say so ("4 including this cover"), which removes any doubt. When you attach your document here, that is how the count is filled in. You can type something else.
Which files can I attach?
A PDF, JPG or PNG up to 25 MB. A photo is placed on a Letter page. A password-protected PDF can't be joined here; make the cover on its own and add both files on the send page, which also takes Word files and iPhone photos.
Is it free?
Yes. Making and downloading cover sheets is free with no account and no watermark. Sending a fax through FaxUp is paid, per fax (see Pricing).
Already have your cover?
Upload your document on the send page, enter the fax number and follow the status until it is delivered. The send page can also add a simple cover page for you. To check how your pages will print, use the fax preview.
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