Canon FAX-JX210P Inkjet Fax

This is a good no frills fax machine for home users or a small business with infrequent fax needs. It's a update of the JX-200 (which from what I've read has issues with the paper feed and should be avoided) and cosmetically they look similar (the 200 is black and white and the 210 is all black). The copy, send, and receive quality are all very good. The ink dries quickly with no smudging. The paper feeds easily without jamming or misaligning. It has a USB port for faxing (or printing) from a PC. I has a few other basic features: one touch dialing, caller ID, auto-redial, auto-document feed, and it's got the Energy Star rating. Beyond that there not much more to it.

The main downside is the fax speed: at 14.4 Kb/s it's about half as fast as a 33Kb/s fax. For light users that's no big deal. Who cares if it takes 6 seconds to send a page vs. 3 if you only use it once a week to send three pages? However anyone sending a lot of faxes or very long faxes will...Read more

I bought this fax machine to replace an old one at a small business office. It works fairly well and the office staff are happy to have a new model to replace the old one that was definitely failing. A couple of things to note: there is no paper discharge tray, so when a fax is sent or received, the papers slide out the bottom of the machine directly onto whatever surface the machine is sitting on, with nothing to stop them from sliding onto the floor. Obviously, this doesn't affect the functioning of the fax machine, but it's irritating to be constantly picking papers off the floor, or having to rearrange your office machines so that the fax machine has a longer stretch of table in front of it. A catch tray would have been simple enough to include as an option, I would think. Secondly, the keypad used to enter fax numbers is not a nice, light touch keypad. You have to 'press' each button solidly, and then wait a moment for the appropriate number to show on the display screen...Read more

I needed a fax machine to do casual faxing, you know the things that crop up where a fax is essential either for a form to be filled out and sent or copy of an original document is needed and scanning and e-mailing will not do.
The Canon FAX-JX210P Inkjet Fax fit the bill. The price was reasonable and the machine has not disappointed me. I was originally looking at a more expensive fax thinking something as reasonably priced as the Canon FAX-JX210P Inkjet Fax would not meet my expectations.
First off, out of the box it took me no more than a half hour to set up and send a fax. I had no problems following the instructions for the initial setup or for the sending of faxes.
I send on average 3 to 5 faxes a week containing 5 to 10 pages each.
The speed is fast enough for the casual user.
So far no problems after 6 weeks.
I am very pleased and so it gets 5 stars.