Customer Reviews

Brother IntelliFax 4750e High-Performance Business-Class Laser Fax

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I debated and researched for weeks on different fax machines and brands. I had an older brother fax machine (5-6 years). It worked great but I had broken one of the trays and didn't hold a lot of paper. I debated some of the Multi-function copier-printer-faxes. For only a few dollars more I could get one that duplexes and every other option imaginable. I have a copier. I have printers. I needed a fax. I receive 100-150 faxes a day. This is simply a great fax machine. Nothing more and absolutely nothing else. It is quiet and extremely fast. "Pick one thing and do it great" - this is what this machine does. It isn't OK at a lot. It's great at one thing. It sends and receives faxes.

I own a store that sends faxes for customers, and I can tell you that this is a great fax machine for high volume faxing. Machines I've had in the past would choke on documents on even the lightest pastel colors. The scanning engine on this machine sees the background color, and ignores it, allowing those pages to be sent as quickly as if they were on bright white paper. No longer do I need to copy documents on color paper before faxing.

Some other reviews complain about a clicking sound. I have to listen very closely to hear what it is they're talking about. I'd have to guess that these people are used to inkjet fax machines. Most laser printer/fax machines make a heck of a lot more noise than this baby does. I'm amazed at how quiet it really is! It makes so little noise that I've had to set it to ring twice before recieving. Other laser fax machines that I've owned make so much noise I didn't need a ring to hear from across the store that they were recieving a fax. This baby is so quiet, that when I had it set to immediately answer, I'd stumble across faxes that had come in without me even knowing!

I haven't had it long enough to know how well it'll hold up over time, but I have high hopes for it.

My only complaint is that the delay for re-dials is 5 minutes, and there's no menu adjustment to shorten it. But then again, this is not an unusual problem, and far less serious than some of the other problems I've had with other machines.

If you're looking for a fax machine for your home, a multifunction printer that emphisises printer features may be a better choice for you. But if you're in a business situation in which you need to do a lot of faxing, this is one heck of a good fax machine.

First, let me disclose that I do not own this unit, but I do own what appears to be its predecessor, the MFC 8500 (now discontinued). The 4750e (curiously 1/2 the model number I have) has the same form-factor, the same button layout, the same toner cartridge and the same features but with better technical specifications, e.g. faster fax modem. I AM IN LOVE WITH THE BROTHER MFC 8500 and would guess that this one will provide similar results. I think it's significant that my two-year-old unit never dropped more than $50 in price up to its discontinuation, and its replacement--this unit--is about $100 higher in price. The toner cartridge is cheap compared to other laser printers. The pop-up screen (when linked to a PC) provides simple and intuitive copy, fax and e-mail menus. I've never had to read the manual. It even has the ability to link with your answering machine, so you don't have to be home to switch the phone cords around when you're expecting a fax. If you ask me, the 8500 was such as successful product that Brother probably had to change the model number to allow them to charge a higher price.

I bought this machine based on reviews from a number of users. We have used it for almost two years and it has functioned perfectly. I especially like the scan then send feature. We often load several documents at once to different phone numbers and just let it crank away. Never a problem. It is not cheap but it is professional grade.

The machine was clean, had all the parts, but has a message error, PAPER JAM. There is no paper jam. After calling Brothers it was determined they are going to send a new machine.

We have a number of these at our location and they do a good job. Unfortunately Brothers does not make this model anymore. We went with the refurbished model because we did not want to get a single machine that uses a different toner.

My previous Brother Intellifax 4750e served very well for more than 5 years. Copy is scanned rapidly into the device in advance of actual transmission quite well. Multiple paged documents were never, if ever, mis-fed. Phone numbers can be accessed either through speed dial (10) or by manual entry. Batch transmission is possible. Toner and drum life were satisfactory or better than expected, if using Brother OEM parts. This machine is strongly recommended for medium sized businesses like mine. It will carry the load. Neither this Amazon-purchased unit nor its predecessor required repair.

When I started asking around for recommendations for a new fax machine, almost everyone had one of these brother intellifaxes and raved about them. They send and receive quickly and reliably, they can handle fairly high volume, they're very low maintenence, and they're relatively inexpensive. My only complaint, which may be that I haven't figured out how to change it, is that the paper feeds in and out of the back of the fax, so that the machine must face sideways in order to have access to both the front keypad and the back where incoming faxes come out.

we have 2 of these fax machines in our office already - this is a 3rd. we love it! very reliable and easy to work!

The Brother 4750e Intellifax fax machine was bought to replace a Pitney Bowes business grade fax machine at our place of business. This is a great machine and has worked out for us without any problems. I would highly recommened this machine for your small business.

We purchased this for our office to replace a rather expensive Canon fax machine. This one works great! In fact we like it better than the expensive Canon one we had. It was easy to set up and extremely easy to use.