Need a new fax machine? Our pick.

Brother IntelliFax 2820 Laser Fax Machine and Copier
Price: $175 to $225 depending if you find it on sale.

A lot of our small business customers (especially dentist for some reason) have inkjet fax machines. Now I like inkjet printers. They are generally cheap, do decent quality, and give you great color at an affordable price. However, if you get a steady volume of faxes each week you really should consider moving up to a laser toner based fax machine.

I have the Brother 2820 and really like it. We sell the refilled TN-350 cartridge for this machine for $41.95 and you get about 1,500 pages out of it. Many of the inkjet based fax machine take a $20 refilled cartridge, but only give you about 300 pages. Now the Brother machine does have a drum that cost about $80 that needs to be replaced every 5,000 or so pages, but it is still much more cost effective than inkjet fax machine.

Finally, by having a higher capacity cartridge (1,500 pages verse 300 pages) you're not having to buy and change out cartridges as frequently. This saves you time and aggravation.

Brother IntelliFax 2820 Laser Fax Machine and Copier

P.S. Brother makes great small laser printers for the home/office. However, I'd stay away from their inkjet printers. We recommend HP for inkjet printers.