Fax machine advice wanted

[redbird]

wilfulcait has pointed out that this new freelance gig means I should buy a cheap fax machine. I'm looking for advice on what to buy--and what not to buy.

I don't care much about supply cost: I expect to be using it (almost) exclusively for outgoing faxes, not incoming. Small is good, because I have no clear idea of where I can put the silly thing.

Comments

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

If you're going to be doing many-page faxing regularly, you want a multi-purpose machine with built-in multi-sheet fax capability like this five-in-one from Brother (http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=457449&bcFlag=True&bcSCatId=3&bcSCatName=Technology&bcCatId=44&bcCatName=Printers+%26+Multifunction+Machines&bcDeptId=1607&bcDeptName=Multifunction+Machines&bcClassId=40303&bcClassName=Inkjet+Multifunction+%28Color%29).

The multipurpose machine I pointed you to is a flatbed scanner, which means that you'd have to feed each page in individually. But of course a flatbed scanner is a much more versitile scanner than a fax-style scanner--you can't scan (or copy) a book or your hand with a fax-style scanner.

Since nellorat has a dedicated fax machine, our household need is greater for a flatbed scanner than for a multipage feeder on a multipurpose machine.