Sharp UX-460 Plain Paper Fax with TAD

WHAT I LIKE: speed dial is a cinch; multi-tasks as phone, fax, answering machine, and last-resort copier; answering machine is digital (no distorted tapes) and functions remotely (check your messages from anywhere); prints on plain paper (not those nasty, curly thermal rolls); offers different graphics settings for fax (photos, light/dark, etc.); "hold" button is useful for phone calls; if image toner roll runs out mid-fax or while you're out, messages and faxes are autoatically stored in memory; automatically detects incoming phone calls vs. faxes on TAD setting -- no need to be there to switch the machine over; identifies and receives 99% of incoming faxes, no matter what machine the sender is using.

WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED: while the toner rolls are inexpensive and easy to find at office supply stores, they don't last more than a few months with heavy useage; the "speaker" setting is for outgoing calls only until call is answered -- not a real speakerphone; a blinking light would be easier to see than the blinking LED display to show new messages; remote functions are thorough but require exhaustive list of codes, like *3 and *33 and *5 and *# -- too complicated to bother; I personally use the "copier" function only when my other machine is down, because the quality looks like a fax and because it uses up the image toner roll.

Overall, like I said, if you are willing to spend 10 minutes with an instruction manual for initial setup -- which I hope you would be to properly learn your machine -- then it's a great fax with tons of useful features. No one will ever know you saved so much money on it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.


First Home Fax   August 8, 2001
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I recently purchased this fax machine for our home. My husband had no trouble setting it up. It is working great. The fax quality is as good as my office Panasonic model. I was impressed with the speed it receives and transmits. My only complaint is that I wish there was a light to let you know if you have any messages. We have the unit on a shelf above our computer and it is very hard to see if anyone has left messages.


Worked Well for a Few Months...   May 4, 2001
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

...then went sharply downhill after I changed the film. All sorts of strange error messages after a paper jam, and then, even though it was loaded with paper, the machine refused to acknowledge that there was paper and kept flashing that I needed to add paper.

This machine was bought to replace a Sharp thermal fax machine that didn't last a year.