Brother Intellifax 2800 - A Smart Printer For a Savvy Office

For an affordable plain paper fax the Brother Intellifax 2800 printer from Brother makes a very good choice. This machine is simple to use and it makes good sense to buy one if you are a first time fax user. Sending faxes can appear to be a little mysterious to many people, even in this technologically advanced age. Make sure you read the instructions, no matter how vague they seem to be, and you will soon have your fax machine operating to your specifications.

Getting accustomed to the multiple features of any machine, be they fax, printer or scanner, can take a little time to learn, particularly if you are making use of one line to operate both the fax and the telephone. However with a little patience, you will soon know what the fax tone sounds like on your telephone line. This is the first step and in time, operating the custom features will seem to be second nature.

An Intellifax is called by this name for very good reason. It is not to intimidate the user into believing that the machine has its own intelligence and will do everything automatically. The operator has to remember that the instructions he inputs are only as good as the output of the machine. The main reason for having an Intellifax, is to make the users life easier.

This particular model supports fax broadcasting to more than one location and you are able to operate it from a single telephone line. It also comes with a dual scan capability as well as CallManage™. CallManage™ facilitates faxing and calling over the internet with the touch of one button.

If you are making use of only one line to operate both your phone line and your fax machine you must pay special attention if you make use of voice mail. Both incoming calls and faxes are able to conflict with one another, the reason being that both Voice Mail and Fax/MFC are programmed by the operator to be picked up in a certain amount of rings. Should you encounter any issues with such a conflict; be sure and re-read the instruction pertaining to troubleshooting the problem.

The Intellifax 2800 printer has 2MB of memory which means it is able to store out of paper pages. The maximum amount that equals 2MB is 90 pages. Essentially this means you won't lose information if you have no paper in the machine. If you don't make a great deal of use out of your machine, this is a handy feature. You can leave it without paper for quite some time and when you do eventually re-fill it; your pages will come through.

However if you are an avid fax user and you receive regular large documents, then you may lose some of your information. Necessitating you to make a call and request the rest of the pages which did not come through.

Another factor you have to take into consideration is toner. All sensitive fax machinery operates best when used in conjunction with the manufacturer's recommended toner. So ensure your machine is filled with Brother Intellifax 2800 toner, and have at least one spare handy, so you don't get caught with your pants down.