Brother RFAX2840 High Speed Mono Laser Fax Machine (Renewed Premium)
$174.99
Available in stock
Description
Price: $174.99
(as of Aug 25, 2024 03:00:27 UTC – Details)
The IntelliFAX-2840 is a laser fax that is ideal for home offices or small offices. It features a 33.6K bps modem, 16MB memory and a 20-page capacity auto document feeder for faxing and copying multiple pages. This compact fax offers up to 272 broadcasting locations, 200 speed dial locations, 22 one-touch keys and can even receive fax and voice calls on the same telephone line. It has a generous paper tray capacity of 250 sheets and a USB interface for future printing capability. Also, an optional high capacity replacement toner cartridge is available to help lower your cost per page.
Adjustable 250-sheet capacity paper tray
33.6K bps modem, approx. 2.5 sec/page transmission
20-page capacity auto document feeder
16MB memory (400 pages) with dual access
Up to 272 broadcast locations, 222 station auto dialing
1 year limited warranty with free phone support for the life of your machine
Customers say
Customers like the performance and fax quality of the printer. For example, they mention it works well as a printer and a copy machine, and does both tasks well. Some are also happy with ease of use, and value. That said, opinions are mixed on size, noise, print quality, and quality.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
F. Drebin –
Exactly What I Wanted
This is an excellent fax machine. In my home office, it replaces an HP FAX-900, which provided many years of yeoman service but finally reached the end of its useful service life. Before that, I had a thermal-printing Canon, for which, back in the day, I must have paid about ten times what I paid for this Brother unit. It’s really quite astounding.You’ve read all the reviews. This machine delivers very high input and output quality. It’s fast; it works; and consumables are affordable. I wouldn’t haven’t bothered you with yet another review were it not to report that the “deep sleep” issue seems to have been resolved. On my unit, at least, it is not a problem at all. All tests confirm that the machine comes out of deep sleep instantly and receives incoming faxes without missing a beat. Of course, I can’t guarantee that you won’t have the problem with your particular sample.I would also exhort buyers to RTFM (including the Advanced User’s Guide on disk). Of particular importance, I think, is the telephone line compatibility setting (Menu, 2, 0, 1), which is actually an item in the quick setup guide. Many of you have VoIP service and don’t even know it. Even if you have a traditional POTS copper pair, there might be VoIP involved in any given connection. So, if you’re having problems, check that setting.There aren’t a whole lot of options out there for dedicated fax machines these days. I’m really happy Brother has given me this choice.
T. Lesser –
Good product, great service
My parents still like to get faxes. Itâs hard to find a fax at a decent price. I was very happy with the seller and this product is looking really good. No problems setting it up.
A. Diamond –
Excellent Compact Laser Fax – once tweaked.
After dealing with an HP inkjet fax in my restaurant that kept jamming and having dried up ink from, I decided I needed a compact laser that would fit in the allocated area.This fit the bill, except that it was white and every other piece of equipment in the area was black.Once I unboxed the unit, I used masking tape to cover the black areas and any open electronics. Using a simple flat black can of spray paint, I was able to make it all black. Nobody can tell it was painted even when I point it out to them. First problem fixed.I have had the unit for about 7 months and it has performed flawlessly. It even uses the same toner as a wireless Brother printer I have which is a bonus as well. This past week of course, I encountered the DEEP SLEEP curse that so many people speak of. The machine will do half a ring and act weird, but will not receive faxes. After some research and playing around, there is a solution, even though Brother has decided to hide the feature.You ARE able to disable DEEP SLEEP.Go to General Settings, Ecology, Sleep Mode. When it asks you to change the time before sleep, simultaneously press the START and DOWN ARROW buttons. You will now get the hidden option to Disable DEEP SLEEP mode. Disable it and enjoy your fax for many years to come.
Robbyg –
So far so good
This was one of the easiest printers I have ever setup. I had no issues with drivers or any other problems.The print quality is excellent and since it’s a brother printer I have high hopes that this one will last as long as the others I still have in use at work. I gave it four stars simply because I have no idea how it will work over the long term but for now it feels like a five star printer. Time will tell,
A Private Person –
Simple tech, easy to use
Searched for a simple fax for my elderly mother to use. Everything now utlizes tiny LCD screens for functions, which are complex for anyone with poor eyesight or low tech knowledge. This Brother fax is simple to operate with real buttons to select functions. Uses a phone style number pad to key in number along with a âFAXâ button to execute. Easy, easy, easy. And not expensive.
Kathi N. –
Excellent quality, trusted brand, simple to the point instructions
We needed a dedicated simple fax for our office. I’ve always had good luck and wonderful tech support with other Brother products, so I bought this model. It is simple to set up, pretty much “plug and play”. Print quality is excellent, the instructions are clear, the foot print a bit bigger than I was looking for, but it fits where I wanted to place it. A reasonably priced, work horse dedicated to one function it does very well.
sea –
It does exactly what a fax machine is suppose to do.
We have always purchased products from Brother and found them to be easy to set up and use. This is our fourth fax machine and while others have had issues with the deep sleep mode, we have not. It is easy to use and very reliable. We would not have anything other than a Brother.
Ubaldo L. –
The Deep Sleep resolved.
This fax machine is excellent. However, the “deep sleep” mode problem is real. Pasting together several comments that appeared online, I learned the following. 1) The machine will spontaneously go into regular sleep mode when not in use. This saves energy. In regular sleep mode the machine will wake up and received faxes normally. So, that is good. 2) After a certain time (that you can set from the Ecology menu), left to its own devices, the machine will fall into “deep sleep” mode. This mode saves more power than regular sleep mode. However, the machine in deep sleep mode will only wake up and become able to receive faxes if: a) one physically touches a key, b) one lifts the handset, or c) if it received data from a computer or network. This will only happen if the fax machine is used as a printer, attached to a computer or a network. So, if one wants to use it as a stand-alone fax machine or one wants to receive faxes at all times, the deep sleep mode needs to be turned off. This is not an intuitive project.To turn off the Deep Sleep mode you need to do the following: Press Menu. With the up and down arrows select 1. General Setup, press OK. Select 4. Ecology, press OK. Select 2. Sleep Time, press OK. Then, with the two-digit sleep time still on the screen, PRESS TOGETHER the LOW ARROW + START keys. The Deep Sleep menu will appear. You can then choose yes or no with the up and down arrows. Enter OK, then press Stop/Exit to exit the Manu mode.As much as the deep sleep mode is ecologically friendly, it remains incomprehensible why Brother made the access to controlling the Deep Sleep mode so hidden and arcane.The machine makes excellent copies and is a great printer. As to durability and cost of maintenance, remains to be seen.
TddyBr –
It is a little larger in size then expected but it does its job perfectly.
ANIL K. –
excellent product,keep it up
Jonah D. –
It’s pretty new and I tried it only once, fast in faxing and copying. I like it so far.
shan –
Dislike product as defective item was supplied and with great difficulty I have to get the money refunded. I had to run from pillar to post for refund -nightmare. It is a pity they try to sell outdated machine through amazon leaving out the latest
Leanne Simon –
Excellent machine. Works well, easy to set up, and shipped super fast