HP 3180 Fax Machine

Very happy with this machine, works great. But you should get the high capacity black ink cartridge (54) because the small one does not last very long.

This fax machine works as expected. My only complaint is that it won't work without the color ink cartridge which is useless unless you send or receive a fax with a similar machine. I have never sent or received a color fax and know of no one who has.

This is a great choice for home or very small office use. It folds up into a compact and visually pleasing package, and gives you the option of making color or black/white copies as well as sending and receiving color or b/w FAXs, plus offers a handset phone. The quality of the FAXs are consistent with what you'd expect from ink jet printers. It offers relatively quiet operation and we have yet to have a paper jam, which was our main complaint with the machine this replaces.

I bought this for use in a 7 person office, and must have been in denial about how many FAXs we receive. We used to replace our Brother toner cartridge twice a year. We replaced the ink cartridge that came with this machine in three days. We replaced the HP 21 cartridge we used next in about a week. We're currently on our first 54 and counting. I think we'll end up spending a lot more for toner than we would with a more expensive FAX machine.

This machine does not have a large...Read more