decent fax machine under 100 bucks

[woodstock]

Hi

can any reco a decent one? I am going to buy one from Best Buy and ship it to my parents but there are too many to choose from.

I see a Lexmark one for 95 bucks, what do you think?

Lexmark Multifunction Color Printer/ Copier/ Scanner/ Fax
Model: X4270

4-in-1 functionality — prints, copies, scans and faxes
Prints up to 17 ppm in black, 10 in color
Photo-quality print resolution up to 4800 x 1200 dpi in color

 

[Ken Ibold]

Good question! I am still using my $69 Brother Personal Fax 190, circa 1994, which uses thermal paper. The thing just won't die, and I can't rationalize just throwing it away.

 

[wsuffa]

Is eFax still around? That was an online service where you could get/send faxes cheap.

Otherwise, I have an older Panasonic around here that works OK, but I don't use it much. About $100 from Office Depot.

If they need/want a scanner & printer for the computer, I understand some of the combo machines work reasonably well.

 

[gkainz]

eFax is still alive and around. Free for receiving, subscription required (plus a scanner) to send. Additional cost for a "local to you" phone number. Oh yeah, you have to receive at least one fax every so often to keep it alive. I think it's one fax in two months, or something like that.
I like it - very convenient. Faxes stay on the computer unless I choose to print them, and the print outs are considerably higher quality than traditional fax output.

 

[ScottM]

I bought a mulitpurpose printer. So I have fax, printer, and phot copier all inone. Not less than $100 but not more than $300 and it is used almost daily for one of its functions.

 

[SCCutler]

You can get a network-ready Brother multifunction device (prints in color, scans, faxes and copies) at Staples, right now, for about $100.00 (might be after a rebate). Very reasonable.

I have an older version of this device, have been using it for 1.5 years, it works great. There are smilar devices from Xerox and HP, for very low prices (musy be built with slave-labor robots). Get one with sheet feeder, if you intend t ouse as a fax. The Brother has one.

See, e.g., http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/s...0051&langId=-1&productId=124877&cmArea=SEARCH

 

[mgkdrgn]

Do you need to send fax, or just recieve?

If it's just (or mainly) receive ... go with one of the FAX to email services. Maxemail is like $15/a year. You can also send with it, but at the $15 service you pay for every send. (like $0.05) Also means you don't have to tie up a phone line, and you can get your FAX anywhere you can get your email.

IF you need to send ... and it's YOUR documents you are sending, you can send with a FAX/Modem. (you can also recieve that way if you want, no need for a machine). The benefit there is that if you "FAX" a document straight from Word (or any other applicatoin), the FAX machine becomes a remote printer on a verrryyyy long cord. Since you are printing direct, you don't have the clarity loss you will get with the scan process on a normal FAX machine. Your stuff looks MUCH better on the other end.

Hi

can any reco a decent one? I am going to buy one from Best Buy and ship it to my parents but there are too many to choose from.

I see a Lexmark one for 95 bucks, what do you think?

Lexmark Multifunction Color Printer/ Copier/ Scanner/ Fax
Model: X4270

4-in-1 functionality — prints, copies, scans and faxes
Prints up to 17 ppm in black, 10 in color
Photo-quality print resolution up to 4800 x 1200 dpi in color

 

[wesleyj]

if you have a windows machine newer than 98,, you dont need a fax, just set your machine up to send and receive faxes, no annual subscription,
you can view received faxes before printing so you are not wasting paper, you can send direct from any windows application so you dont have to print and waste paper. wouldnt own a MFD on a bet, biggest ripoff in the industry.

Do you need to send fax, or just recieve?



If it's just (or mainly) receive ... go with one of the FAX to email services. Maxemail is like $15/a year. You can also send with it, but at the $15 service you pay for every send. (like $0.05) Also means you don't have to tie up a phone line, and you can get your FAX anywhere you can get your email.

IF you need to send ... and it's YOUR documents you are sending, you can send with a FAX/Modem. (you can also recieve that way if you want, no need for a machine). The benefit there is that if you "FAX" a document straight from Word (or any other applicatoin), the FAX machine becomes a remote printer on a verrryyyy long cord. Since you are printing direct, you don't have the clarity loss you will get with the scan process on a normal FAX machine. Your stuff looks MUCH better on the other end.