Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

I purchased this item through a “special deal” very cheap. I’ve read several of the comments about the machine, but there’s one thing that I don’t see explained, and I wish I had known about it before I had made my purchase.

This is indeed a “plain paper” fax machine. But it does NOT use “toner” or an “ink cartridge”. It uses a “ribbon”. What they call the “ribbon” is actually a looooong sheet (spool) of carbon paper (or something like it) on a roll. The number of pages you receive equals the length of “carbon paper” which will be used, no matter if the entire page is filled with print, or only two lines. I’ve also seen people complain about the quality. Again, I remind you that the machine uses “carbon paper” and you should expect “carbon paper” type results. Personally, I’m not looking for great detail in the faxes I’m receiving anyway, so it’s fine. Though I rarely receive faxes, and mostly just send them, it’s still going to use-up the roll of “carbon paper” when the machine is unsure if the fax you were sending to received the fax you were sending. . . because it prints-out a notice. Printing-out a notice takes-up one page on your “carbon paper”. I have read where some people have said that they rolled the carbon paper back onto the spool, so that they could get more use out of it. Well, the risk with that is that if you’re receiving an important fax, and it happens to be at the place on the spool where another fax came through. . . then you’re probably not going to be able to read your important fax because the “carbon paper” spools were meant to be used once, and there’s not going to be any “ink” left for the machine to print. The reason that this machine is so cheap is not because it’s a bad machine. . . but because you’re going to have to keep purchasing the rolls of “carbon paper”.

I think, in the end, you have to look at the overall cost. Compare the cost of this machine, along with having to purchase the rolls of “carbon paper”, and then compare it to a fax machine which uses toner or an ink cartridge and see. . . price wise. . .which is going to work best for you. If you’re only sending faxes, and never receive, then you and re-roll the “carbon paper” after it runs out from printing notices, and you should be fine.

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

I bought this machine for business use after having a similar Brother model for 5 years. I'm here today looking for a new machine. I have had problems from day 1. Had to call Brother 1st day and issues getting worse. It won't print the whole 2nd page of fax, only 1st, 3rd, etc. It will copy a full page sometimes. It has a beep every 30 minutes and has been reset by Brother and still does it. I was given the option of shipping it to a service center but it would have cost more than I paid for it. And since I had created a ticket with Brother the store would not let me return it. I have had many Brother products that were great. This particular one is just a lemon. Today I will be shopping for a new machine. This one is going in the garbage. I don't want to take any chances on someone else getting my problems by recycling it.

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

I bought this fax for the convenience of having it in my home. I send/recieve only about a dozen pages per month, but this fax and price were right for my needs. I have had no problems with it so far, it doesnt hold much paper, but it holds more than I need. I had no trouble connecting the fax to my phone line.

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

I use my fax once in 6 months ink jet dryes up ink the roles don't

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

Perfect for home use.
Easily changes from phone to fax.

Comments about Brother Personal 575 Plain-Paper Fax:

This is a great machine for a home user or for sending a quick 3-6 page fax. I use Efax for business but have an occasional need to fax a couple of pages now and then. Don't try to cram a big document in this and you'll be fine. Small and easy to keep out of the way and plug in when you need it.