copier fax hp

Overall Rating: ( 7 reviews )

1. ( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 24 2007

   The sound quality on the answering machine was so poor we couldn't understand any message, and returned it--easily, thanks to Amazon's excellent return policy.

2. Posted: Sep 10 2007

   Amazon had the best price considering the free shipping. The HP 1050 Fax works as advertised. The only problem is sometimes it grabs more than one sheet when copying.

3. ( 9 of 9 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 11 2007

   I was looking for reviews of fax machines on amazon and came accross the 1050 I am replacing. As others have stated the answering component is unusable as the messages cannot be understood (the quality is similar to my childrens toys that record a phrase and play it back--very tinny and garbled). I have spent many wasted hours faxing as the machine frequently refuses to load more than a single sheet at a time when I load a document for scanning.This has often led to having to send a couple of sheets, then redial (at additional expense) and send one or two more. Ditto for the paper loading mechanism for printing. The pages frequently hang up, or the rollers attempt to pull through multiple sheets or none at all. This has often led to having to send a couple of sheets, then redial and send one or two more. Recently after 45 minutes of trying I was able to send 8 pages! It seems the things I want to fax and recieve are frequently last minute items. I only hope my children have not heard the steady streams of profanity associated with using this machine, I say this only partly in jest. I have kept using the HP 1050 because I'm cheap, and because it seems I must be paying a penance for a prior sin. The construction is flimsy, the guide to the paper loader fell off the first month as I was loading paper, feel free to contact me for duct tape instructions for holding it on. The only positive is that if you have a worst enemy, it would make a fine gift.

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Overall Rating: ( 11 reviews )

1. Posted: Jan 27 2008

   I work for a company that has 10 retail stores, and all are equipped with fax machines. I'm slowly replacing various brand fax machines with the HP 1040. So far, all of the HP 1040 fax machines are working flawlessly. I'm amazed at all the negative reviews for the HP 1040 fax machine on Amazon. Most people will not leave a positive review for a product that is working fine for reasons such as.... "I don't have the time" "I have better things to do" "It's such a pain to write reviews for products" Writing negative reviews becomes a "priority" once the product fails.

2. Posted: Jan 8 2008

   I purchased this fax machine for a small business. I need to send and or recieve a fax about 12 times per year. I am not sure about the quality of this item because I can never use it!! I have 2 phone lines and the machine cannot determine when to pick up with the fax machine. If it is plugged in it picks up the phone and my callers get the annoying fax squeal. I was on the phone for 5 hours off and on with tech support and finally they told me I needed a $50 router device because of my dual phone lines. I purchased the router and can now send a fax but have to plug and unplug the unit before and after each fax. I still cannot recieve an incoming fax, even after the additional investment of $50. I should have just paid the extra money and gotten a really good fax to begin with. I am now almost $150 in the hole and the machine is doing only 1/2 the job. PITIFUL

3. ( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Nov 23 2007

   We bought the HP 1040 Fax two days ago to replace an older fax machine; and specifically to dispatch an urgent fax message. Following the "Start Here" pamphlet and the "HP 1040/1050 Fax Series User Guide" scrupulously, we installed the new machine and fired off our urgent fax message... That's what we thought! The message did not go through. To further test the machine, we checked it against several known fax numbers. Our messages did not go through. Rechecking the setup instructions, individually and together, we tried resending... Failure again... and again, more failure. We called in two other personnel to independently check our set up and fax dispatch. Failure. What a dud! The machine is now comfortably repacked for return... Well, back to the seller it goes!

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Overall Rating: ( 1 reviews )

1. Posted: Jul 29 2007

   I love the ability to print documents 2 per page, and duplex so that four pages fit on a single sheet of paper. Lightens my briefcase. Ink is not cheap and our experience with OffixMax brand ink has been very bad, clogs the heads. The ability to use the sheet feeder to easily convert documents to PDFs is also great. Be sure to download the latest HP software.

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