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Brother FAX-565 Plain-Paper Fax Machine Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Home office fax/phone/copier
Comment: This machine is great for the home or office. It can handle any job from one or two faxes per day to multiple faxes per hour. Clear instructions and very easy to use for the novice or experienced office equipment person.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: This Machine Will Drive you to Drink--or, perhaps even suicide
Comment: All I wanted was a simple plain paper fax machine to handle basic fax and copy functions for medical records, insurance papers etc. Instead, what I got was the most primitive, frustrating piece of technology ever developed by man. It is as if the designers purposefully built this machine to drive people mad? Is it possible that Brother designed this machine to exact revenge against America for WWII?

Have any of you ever seen the movie Office Space? There is a scene where the disgruntled workers kidnap the office fax machine, take it to a deserted field and give it the beat down with their feet and baseball bats. That is what is going to happen to this fax machine. It is the most frustrating POS I have ever seen. If you have a nemesis and/or mortal enemy, give them this fax machine as a gift, it is guaranteed to drive the recipient insane.

It is not as if I am some sort of Luddite, I have worked for many years in the high-tech arena but this thing always pulls the paper through sideways and it is virtually impossible to replace the "cartridge." In fact, the cartridge is actually some sort of scroll device that appears to have been developed in the Middle Ages.

Want to fax more than one page at a time--forget it. This machine is designed to eat your documents, that's right, it lives by gorging itself on your precious papers.

As for the copy function, well, if you baby-sit EVERY piece of paper that goes through the feeder you might get some crappy quality copies IF the feeder doesn't ingest your entire document.

I guess you get what you pay for and if you love frustration, hassle and poor quality then you will love this POS.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just ok
Comment: Machine is easy to set up; limited options but sufficient for my needs. However, though resolution can be adjusted for outgoing faxes (standard/fine/extra-fine), this is not possible for incoming faxes, and I find the 400x400 dot-matrix printout unreadable in many cases for work purposes (eg, trying to decipher phone numbers). Probably good if details are not essential, but if they are, get a machine with better print resolution.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: great for home use
Comment: I am really happy with this little fax machine, perfect for what I needed. I read other reviews before buying and was a little concerned about quality - not anymore. If you are looking for a high-volume fax then you should be looking at higher priced faxes. If you are looking for a home fax this is PERFECT. It is a wonderful size, easy to use, set up was so easy I thought I must have missed something. I think this is a real good buy!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I bought it only because of rebate from Brother.
Comment: This model is pretty old and uncomfortable for use. However, it can make copies and send and receive faxes.Caller ID screen changes every second and makes it hard to see the number.I have Panasonic phone and use fax for its direct work only. It does it.

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