Digital Cameras Cheap - Customer reviews - Brother IntelliFax 2820 Laser Fax Machine and Copier

Manufacturer: Brother Printer

List Price: $219.00
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Name: M. K. Chen
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Date: 2005-11-03
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Better than the 2800
Comment: If you're in the market for a fax machine this is the one. I also owned the Brother 2800. This is the new and revised version of the 2800. Apparently Brother does improve upon their faults. You can see my review on the 2800 and the downfalls. For a re-cap:

1. 2800 had paper jams when using old paper. The 2820 has a paper feeder like their printers which greatly reduces jams. (I also own brothers laser printer) Now I can use recycled (one-side already printed) paper and not have to deal with jams. Also 2820 holds much more paper in its tray, so you wont have to worry about running out.

2. 2820 has a new feed system which reduces jams when faxing out. I had problems faxing 20+ pages with the 2800, now none with 2820. However they say there is a limit to 20 pages (just add more pages as they feed through).

3. The only downfall is the toner is slightly more expensive. It does print more pages, but does cost a bit more. Fax machine is more expensive also.

Overall, if you don't want to deal with the 2800 problems then pay the extra money for the 2820 and feel confident with its performance. If money is an issue, get the 2800. Personally the few extra bucks is worth it over aggravation when trying to fax/receive.

Another added bonus feature: This fax can also connect to the computer through USB allowing to work as a printer. I currently have this set-up and works very well. Have no issues priting with this fax machine. Great feature if you don't want to buy a printer. (2800 does not have this feature)

Name: Derek Hofmann
Location: Mesa, AZ USA
Date: 2006-04-09
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Very good value
Comment: I purchased this fax machine to replace an inkjet fax which was really expensive on ink. It seemed like every other time I wanted to receive a fax or make a copy, I would have to replace the $25 ink cartridge again.

This fax machine makes copies much more quickly (and cheaply, and with better quality) than the old fax. It holds about twice as much paper. You can also schedule faxes to be sent later, and to multiple recipients.

One more advantage of this machine is that you can hook it up to a computer through USB and use it as a normal laser printer. I tried it, and it works great, and FAST compared to my HP Deskjet.

If you're concerned about junk faxes wasting money on ink, or if you want ot make a lot of copies, or if you need both a printer and a fax machine and want to save money by buying just one, this machine is a very good investment.

Name: John R. Hunter
Location: Clinton, MO United States
Date: 2006-01-19
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great Machine!!!!
Comment: 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!

Name: R. Anderson
Location: Petoskey, MI USA
Date: 2006-10-09
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Nice, Compact Machine!!!
Comment: I've had very good luck with brother products! This is my fourth Brother product. We have a color laser printer, two black & white laser printers, and another fax. All have been very reliable and by looking around a little on the net you can find the supplies at very resonable prices.
This fax offers good features in a small footprint. We have an all Mac office, and this machine set up with no problems at all. It was just plug and use. The copier functions works well, it's nice to be able to put multiple pages in the feed and walk away while it quickly makes your copies. The staion id is easily set up, It also has 8 presets letting you use a single button send to those numbers you use a lot, A lastly it has a large paper drawer, allowing you to load 250 sheets of paper at a time.
This is a machine that should handle anything from a home fax situation to a medium sized office.

Name: Sales Queen
Location: Houston, TX
Date: 2006-05-21
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Love It!
Comment: I had one of the old thermal paper fax machines for years and it finally went out on me and I had to purchase a new one. I wanted to find one that was NOT complicated to operate. I basically wanted to plug it in and start faxing. That is what I did with this one. So simply to operate. No more curly pages and holds twice as much paper. We use it for the home office and fax quite a bit. We have a seperate phone line for the fax so we leave it in fax mode all the time. If you are looking for something simple, this is it!

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