What fax machines are good? We are going to buy one

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Do you have a scanner/printer and Windows XP? If so, you already have a fax machine.
 

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Don't buy Brother. They will suck you dry on ink. I like anything by HP, and their laser all-in-one is great.
 

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Do you have your computer hooked to a phone land line?

If so, you can scan a page, then "print" it to the fax program, which will dial out and send it.

You set up the fax program as one of your printers.

The bad news is that Vista does not have a fax program built into it.
 

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Originally Posted by mews2much

We are looking for a good fax machine.
Any ideas what brands are good?
Hi Jacky,

I just thought, we have one we are going to sell in a garage sale. It is a plain paper fax and works great. We just have a big HP all-in-one and don't need a second one. It is a Sharp and is about 3 yrs. old. $50 and it's yours. I know you live in the Fresno area, so it isn't like I'd have to mail it!
 

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I have a Hewlett-Packard all-in-one printer/scanner/fax/copier. It's great if you have space issues. I haven't had any problems with it other than when I went from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. Apparently there is a patch that you need to download. Once I downloaded the patch, everything was great.

HP and Epson are reliable brands.
 
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We could not get windows xp to work a a fax.
Dustys Mom I am almost 2 hours north of you.
My sister lives near you.
Everyone else thanks for the suggestions.
 
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