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Summary: They couldn't make this any worse...
Review: I looked around thoroughly before settling on this one. The most critical feature for me was the ability to automatically separate fax from phone calls without human involvement (there are plenty of machines that can do this) and serve as an answering machine. I also wanted plain paper and relatively high quality faxes. That is has a cordless phone is a bonus but the fax from handset is a bit bizarre -- how far away from the fax could you be that you can't push 'start' or 'receive'. The speakerphone is good enough to listen in on conference calls or to dial hands free, but it is only C+ quality for the poor people listening on the other end. There are many other features (internet faxing for inexpensive bulk faxes) that ambitous small businesses may find useful, and I will never use. In the end it was a decision between buying this versus those swiss-army-knife-like 5-in-1 units. I had used the inkjet versions and been completely frustrated by the poor construction and lack of durability (yes, all of them). For the laser versions it would have meant spending about $200-300 more for a unit that inevitablity sacrified quality of at least of the functions (say, fax and scanning) in order to squeeze it into one box. The reviews of others on Amazon support this to be true pretty much across the board. I've opted for getting a good fax (this one) and continuing to search for a solid, inexpensive laser printer.
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Summary: Very good home office fax
Review: I looked around thoroughly before settling on this one. The most critical feature for me was the ability to automatically separate fax from phone calls without human involvement (there are plenty of machines that can do this) and serve as an answering machine. I also wanted plain paper and relatively high quality faxes. That is has a cordless phone is a bonus but the fax from handset is a bit bizarre -- how far away from the fax could you be that you can't push 'start' or 'receive'. The speakerphone is good enough to listen in on conference calls or to dial hands free, but it is only C+ quality for the poor people listening on the other end. There are many other features (internet faxing for inexpensive bulk faxes) that ambitous small businesses may find useful, and I will never use. In the end it was a decision between buying this versus those swiss-army-knife-like 5-in-1 units. I had used the inkjet versions and been completely frustrated by the poor construction and lack of durability (yes, all of them). For the laser versions it would have meant spending about $200-300 more for a unit that inevitablity sacrified quality of at least of the functions (say, fax and scanning) in order to squeeze it into one box. The reviews of others on Amazon support this to be true pretty much across the board. I've opted for getting a good fax (this one) and continuing to search for a solid, inexpensive laser printer.
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Summary: They couldn't make this any worse...
Review: I've had my machine for two years. What a piece of junk. The paper doesn't feed in straight -- it emerges crinkled, if it doesn't get jammed. The digital answering machine is unclear. The phone is too quiet, even when turned up, and the battery burned out quickly. The print is fuzzy. There is not a single decent feature on this item.
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Summary: Buyer beware
Review: If you purchase this product, I hope you are completely satisfied. It is my opinion that the reliability of Panasonic products has slipped in recent years, and this was confirmed to me when a product I purchased quickly failed. The reason I'm posting this is to warn you that the warranty that accompanies Panasonic products only has value if the company chooses to stand behind it. In my case, they weaseled out of it, leaving me with a total loss and no further recourse. Good luck with your decision.
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Summary: bad quality sound reproduction & undeletable faxes
Review: This machine is easy to use and has a good quality cordless phone. The quality of the little computer chip which records the incoming messages is not good, however, and many times messages are totally indecipherable. Tapes are far better than chips.
My main beef with this machine which drives me crazy is that you cannot delete faxes from the memory. So if someone sends you an unwanted 20 page fax while you're out - even when there is no paper in the tray - it gets stored in the memory and the only way you can get it out of the memory is to print it. Turning the machine off does delete it. You can waste a [money amount]cartridge just clearing the memory of your machine. Cartridges are [spendy] and print surprisingly few pages.
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Summary: Panasonic Turbo Machine
Review: This machine is not only very fast, but also has the feature of cordless phone usage and easy access to send a fax from any location in the house.
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Summary: Panasonic Turbo Machine
Review: This machine is not only very fast, but also has the feature of cordless phone usage and easy access to send a fax from any location in the house.
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Summary: Value Added
Review: You get value added from the fax machine. It's got a 900 Mhz cordless phone, answering machine, a plain paper fax and its compact. Not to mention the cost effectiveness of the product.
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