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(14 customer reviews) 55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Good economical fax for home or small office,
May 28, 2004 By A Customer
This review is from: Brother FAX-565 Plain-Paper Fax Machine (Office Product)
I use this in my home office. I don't send alot of faxes or make alot of copies so I didn't need anything fancy and didn't want anything overly technical or expensive. This fits my needs perfectly, beginning with its low cost ($59 new, after $10 rebate, from on-line merchant). It's small so doesn't hog desk space, easy to set up and use, has plenty of features (more than I'll ever need or use) and though the print quality isn't the best you'll ever see, it is easily legible and certainly satisfactory, for both faxing and copying. It may not be the machine for large offices or someone who sends alot of faxes or makes alot of copies, but, as an economical fax machine for occasional use in a home or small office, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this one.
52 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Not bad for infrequent use, especially if you mainly send,
January 15, 2005 M. Verive - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brother FAX-565 Plain-Paper Fax Machine (Office Product)
As the title states, this isn't a bad little fax for infrequent use, especially if you send faxes far more frequently than you receive them. The "test" cartridge doesn't last long, and replacements quickly add up to the cost of the fax if you receive a lot of faxes or use this as a copy machine as well (20 bucks for the cartridge that lasts for 150 pages, so final cost per page of over $0.13).
The quality of the output is fine, even on marginal-quality paper. Lots of features (including automatic fax/telephone switching), 10 page document feeder (although I've used it for more than 10 pages), scans documents fairly quickly.
Other than the high cost-per-page and the fact that the cartridge is a PITA to change compared to most other models, the only other gripe that I have is that the machine gives a "poor line condition" error when it has trouble feeding the paper (rather than blaming itself for the inability to feed paper reliably).
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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Cheaply put together,
May 31, 2004 John K. Ickes (Arlington, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brother FAX-565 Plain-Paper Fax Machine (Office Product)
Very cheap plastic paper-feeder tray snapped in easily enough for me, but it never snapped back out, nor would it feed the paper used for fax confirmation in easily. The other feeding system for the actual faxes seemed to work just fine at first, but then I noticed the paper frayed noticeably on one side if you resent it several times--not a good flaw if you want to resend one page, like a resume, to multiple employers. One last drawback is the included ink cartridge that is meant only as a "test cartridge" for up to 30 pages of use. Then, for around $20, you are supposed to buy a replacement ink cartridge that will last for another 150 pages of use. Well, the price was nice, but the product was not. I bought this at Office Depot and to their credit, they gave me a full refund without any re-stocking or re-packing fees, quite unlike CompUSA's return policy. I feel sorry for the poor fellow who has to re-pack that thing, though. Good luck on getting that paper feeder back out.
