Brother IntelliFax 2820 Laser Fax Machine and Copier by Brother Printer
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Digital camera reviews of Brother IntelliFax 2820 Laser Fax Machine and Copier
Digital camera Review: Good overall, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought this machine to replace the ancient Panasonic plain paper fax we've had for about 10 years. We do very little faxing, but some of our contacts require fax communication, so we probably average about 200 sheets a year.
Overall, this machine has many excellent features - reading all the document sheets into memory before dialling, for example, and providing a "starter" cartridge that is good for 1500 sheets. There are, however, a couple of gripes. First of all, this is the second machine we bought: the document feed on the first one didn't work - the rollers rotated, but wouldn't pick up the paper. I am SO impressed with Amazon - I submitted a return on Sunday evening, and a new machine was delivered on Tuesday. The new one works fine.
Gripe #2 - I frequently have to send faxes to a credit bureau, whose fax line is often busy. The redial function is only good for one attempt, after 5 minutes. I don't want to have to get up every five minutes to retry manually - even the 10-year old Panasonic redialled every minute until it either got through or you told it to stop.
Gripe #3. You have to go through a 4- or 5- step process to change the receive mode. I only want the machine to be on Fax mode when I know a fax is coming in. Other times, it can be on Telephone mode. (Actually, there is a simple solution - just power it off)
Gripe #4. No Caller ID on the fax machine, and even in Telephone mode, it has to intercept the ring tone to let me know it's a phone call. That means that my 2nd-line portable phone doesn't get the Caller ID signal either. Not a big deal, because nobody except for random callers calls that number, but if you only have one line, you can kiss Caller ID goodbye.
Overall, however, a good machine for what I hope are the dying days for this technology.
Digital camera Review: Goos fax machine for small office
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good fax machine. I really like that it scans your document quickly and then sends the fax so you aren't standing there waiting for it to slowly scan and send each page. It scans, then dials and sends. It also beeps once its gone through so you don't have to stand over it to make sure it went through. It automatically re-dials if it doesn't go through the first time and prints a report to tell you if it doesn't go through at all. So you can leave the machine and know whether or not the fax was successful.
There were a couple reviews that said that it curls the paper when it prints, this is completely accurate. While this can be annoying I don't find it to be that big of a deal.
I also liked how long the toner lasted. My office has had this fax for about a year and I just replace the toner a month or so ago and we get about 10-20 pages in a day.
Digital camera Review: Great Fax Machine, But I Wish It Printed Face Up.
Summary: 4 Stars
The fax machine works great. My only issue is that faxes print face down, which is annoying when you walk by and can't see what has printed. Other than that, it works great.Digital camera Review: Great Fax, Printer & Copier - the only machine you need!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using this fax/printer/copier for over a year and it is still running great. I run a small business out of my house so this machine has gotten lots of use. The fax works smoothly and handles up to 20 pages+ that I have experienced. As a black/white printer is very fast and accurate. This machine has a lot of great features including letting you know exactly how many pages you have printed out over the life of the machine. And the copier works perfectly. I would definitely recommend this machine!!Digital camera Review: Great Machine!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We've went through a lot of machines in our business, several different cannon multipasses, lexmark x125, and even an hp or two. I was a little apprehensive to try the brother as most of their products looked a little wonky. Not this machine though. This thing is solid. The architecture is great. The features are easy to use. (please note we use this as a stand alone fax and as an occasional copier, but not as a printer, so you will have to do your own research on that part) We have two fax lines and two machines, and speed is an essence in our job. I was a bit worried that this thing would take a long time to wake up, warm up and print, but it doesn't. No matter how long the machine has set there unused it will be warm before the first page of the fax is received and print it out about two seconds later. The paper tray is great and easy to load.
The only things that brother could improve we be a 500 sheet paper tray (it has a 250 sheet tray which is miles ahead of others, but it would be nice not to have to split the paper pack when you load it.
The other thing would be an LED that would signal that an error has occurred, a paper jam, or no paper warning. At present you have to look at the screen and it's a bit small so it would be nice to have a little more alert if the machine has malfunctioned.
If you are looking for a great stand alone fax, this is the one!