Sharp UX B700

Pros: 200 sheet machine, 20 sheet feeder, 100 page memory, ink-based machine.

Cons: Takes up a lot of desk space, a little slow when scanning.

The Bottom Line: For $100 or less, this is about as much fax machine as you're going to get. No built-in phone/answering machine, just 100% fax.

Review: We needed a plain paper fax machine for home use that could double as a copier to replace our old-fashioned thermal-roll machine. I saw this machine for sale at Costco for $99, less a $20 rebate (for a total of $80 when the check arrives) and decided to ...

Pros: Refillable cartridge (undocumented) Holds 100 pages, decent print quality

Cons: Tiny cartridge, expensive refill Long-term reliability problems

The Bottom Line: You may be better off with some other inkjet fax, until Sharp fixes the reliability problem.

Review: Have owned the UX-B700 for well over a year now. The ink cart is tiny and doesn't hold much ink, a couple hundred pages, even with the ink-saver mode turned on (defaults to OFF!) Carts are expensive at about $32 each, and no refurb ones are available... ...

Pros: Inexpensive, easy to use, reliable fax machine

Cons: Bulky in size, copier doesn't do great job

Review: This machine isn't the greatest in the world, but if you aren't wanting to spend a lot and mainly use it as a fax machine (as opposed to a copier)it will work fine. It is easy to set up, and easy to use. It is a little bit bulky, so make sure you have a ...

Pros: Good print quality; easy to set up.

Cons: Very slow on incoming faxes.

Review: Although the price of this machine is attractive, ($119.98 plus a $20 rebate from Staples), the performance was disappointing. We encountered problems with the feeding of outgoing pages to be sent, and found the incoming rate to be very slow. ...

Pros: Good scan and print quality. Looks impressive when smashed to bits with a hammer.

Cons: Insanely slow. Paper feed jams every time. Buy cheap, worth every penny wasted.

The Bottom Line: Do get near this machine. Personally I will from here on stick with HP.

Review: Below is a paragraph of the review I originally wrote for this machine. I never finished it and it was saved. I'm glad I never submitted it because now I have a chance to update it with the "after the honeymoon" ugly truth! *Quote from original ...

Pros: small footprint

Cons: ridiculously expensive ink usage poorly designed features

The Bottom Line: avoid. Costly, poorly designed

Review: This is not a good fax machine. First, it uses ink at an astounding rate, and the cartridges are over $30 a piece. It seems to print out 50 pages, and then needs new ink. I have had the machine little more than two months and I've already paid more ...

Pros: large paper tray pretty sturdy seeming

Cons: Finicky Slow faxing Sometimes the faxes don't really go through

Review: This fax machine should be fine- it's a business fax and I got a reconditioned model. Well, the thing is soooo finicky, sometimes it lets me fax in a normal way and sometimes I have to go through contortions, dialing only, not using the speaker. My ...

Pros: Prints pretty good.

Cons: Too expensive to operate. A rip off!

Review: This fax machine prints pretty good but uses too much ink or the cartridges are just so small with so little ink in them to keep you spending over 40.00 per cartridge. It only has a 90 day manufacturer's warranty. Some of the other machines have at least ...

Pros: Cheap - but don't be penny wise, pound foolish.

Cons: Temperamental machine with horrible tech support.

Review: This product single-handedly destroyed my faith in Sharp. Bought new from CostCo for ~$80, managed to get one text alignment page printed. Unplugged the device, when replugged in it just flashes CHECK CARTRIDGE. It flashes with it it, with it out, ...

Pros: quality of copies

Cons: life-span

Review: This machine provided good quality copies during its short life. After 120 days in use the machine gave error messages that could not be solved using troubleshooting guide. First e-mailed Sharp for help (no response) then called 800 number (received ...