Canon FAXPHONE L170 Monochrome Laser - Fax / printer

The Canon L170 is by far the most dependable fax machine for a mid-volume office. I have used this unit for at least four years without a problem, and when I set up a home office recently, it was the first unit I purchased. It faxes and prints quickly and effortlessly, and with the inexpensive all in one cartridge, it is also the most economical fax out there. Most people don't realize that Canon makes most of the engines for HP. So if you're eying an HP solution, chances are it's a really a Canon. BTW, the print quality is superb. Like any machine, if you want to avoid jams, use a good quality paper stock. Almost every jamming problem that people have with their copiers and printers are due to inferior paper products with high moisture content.

I only use fax transmissions every now and then, maybe once every few weeks. I've been through 3 fax machines in the past few years, 2 of them Panasonic which I bought because of the good experience I've had with Panasonic products in general. The Panasonic fax machines were not up to par at all; I had trouble with them from the start. Canon, on the other hand, and this specific model I purchased, is fabulous. Fax works perfectly both ways and the print feature is faster and better quality than any of my standalone printers. I've had no trouble whatsoever with any of the usual fax snafus we all run into from time to time. This model is very simple to install and get up and running quickly. I'm thrilled with this model and would highly recommend it. It's worth every penny, in my opinion.

Every fax machine we've ever owned had the same problem; they wouldn't feed outgoing faxes or they would stick together and all go through at once. One day I asked a fellow businessperson about this and she recommended this particular unit so we tried it. As far as feeding copies or faxes we've found it to be terrific. We don't really use it as a printer, but sometimes as a copier. It works fine. The nagging problem with it is the "start" button: you have to press it just so or it doesn't work. There's just a certain spot on the button you have to hit, or nothing happens no matter how many times you press. Annoying.

This is a wonderful fax machine for the price. It scans 50 pages at a time super quick and faxes when the line is free. The print quality is great and the speed of all is fantastic. It is very space efficient also. I would recommend to take the time to learn all the features and put it together properly. The instruction guide is a little convoluted, but you can find everything you need if you really search for it. Only negative is the cost of the toner. The trial cartridge ran out in less than a month (we use it heavily), and the cost of replacements is high. No wonder they offered a $135 rebate...

I bought this fax machine for the office. We've had it for about 2 weeks now and it runs well. I bought this to replace a 4 year old Panasonic business fax that cost $0.00. This Canon will process and copy originals faster than the Panasonic. It won't transmit faster though b/c it is on 33K speed. On the line we use the fax for, we get about 1 fax every 30 minutes... light duty. So I don't know how it would handle faxes every 5 minutes. It's doesn't have the bells and whistles like scanning to PDF, emailing, and networking. But if you are looking for an inexpensive laser fax with good performance, then this is it.

The paper curls as it comes out and instead of having a neat stack of faxes ready to sort and file, the staff needs to clear the fax output tray regularly to avoid a messy pile of inter-leaved and curled-up unrelated papers and then we have to sort these. Especially after a weekend, this is annoying. If this is a paper or ink problem, perhaps someone from Canon could let me know. The present paper is Blizzard BLZ-41200.

I purchased the canon fax machine because of the brand name, it is known for its good quality. It was fairly easy to set up. I found it to be bigger than what I wanted, but it the bigger one was the more efficient one of the two I had to choose from.

This fax machine is very error-prone. The ability for the fax machine to process incoming faxes when linked to an answering machine was intermittent; often times clients would have to re-send items multiple times. The build quality is very poor and the front access door is built to withstand only a few openings and closings before the hinge system fails. As a person who expects electronic items to work, and as a person who takes very good care of his electronic items, I was extremely disappointed with this unit.