Back in the day there was a specific fax board that was the best computer faxing board around. Slowly but surely faxing is starting to die out. On the back of the unit they even still have a plastic hole where the fax machine USED to be connected with an analog fax board, but clearly the manufacturer deems faxing with a phone line to no longer be used. That just means it has a hook into an online faxing service. So if you go shopping for a multi-function fax machine – beware of devices that include “cloud fax”.

I found it fascinating that there is a hole in the back of the unit where the faxboard USEDto be. Rather it means a trial for a cloud fax service and if you want it to continue you have to pay for it. Nor does it mean a free cloud faxing service built in. When it says “Cloud fax” it does NOT mean a plain old analog fax that uses a phone line. First off when it says it’s a “Multifunction Wireless Printer with Print, Copy, Scan and Cloud Fax Capabilities” beware on that last part. Now this unit is not for the faint of heart. So I replaced it with a Lexmark MC3426i unit. The other day I retired an HP color laser all in one that I had here at home because my Sister was about to chuck it out the window.

Posted on Februat 22:05 CST by Susan Bradley

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