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!
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.
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.