8 reviews for Brother FAX-2840 High Speed Mono Laser Fax Machine, Dark/Light Gray – FAX2840

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   F. Debrin – 07/15/2023

   This is an excellent fax machine. In my home office, it replaces an HP FAX-900, which provided many years of yeoman service but finally reached the end of its useful service life. Before that, I had a thermal-printing Canon, for which, back in the day, I must have paid about ten times what I paid for this Brother unit. It’s really quite astounding.

   You’ve read all the reviews. This machine delivers very high input and output quality. It’s fast; it works; and consumables are affordable. I wouldn’t haven’t bothered you with yet another review were it not to report that the “deep sleep” issue seems to have been resolved. On my unit, at least, it is not a problem at all. All tests confirm that the machine comes out of deep sleep instantly and receives incoming faxes without missing a beat. Of course, I can’t guarantee that you won’t have the problem with your particular sample.

   I would also exhort buyers to RTFM (including the Advanced User’s Guide on disk). Of particular importance, I think, is the telephone line compatibility setting (Menu, 2, 0, 1), which is actually an item in the quick setup guide. Many of you have VoIP service and don’t even know it. Even if you have a traditional POTS copper pair, there might be VoIP involved in any given connection. So, if you’re having problems, check that setting.

   There aren’t a whole lot of options out there for dedicated fax machines these days. I’m really happy Brother has given me this choice.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   christian zeigbo – 09/18/2023

   Beautiful design. Use for my home office

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   sea – 01/19/2024

   We have always purchased products from Brother and found them to be easy to set up and use. This is our fourth fax machine and while others have had issues with the deep sleep mode, we have not. It is easy to use and very reliable. We would not have anything other than a Brother.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   T. Lesser – 03/18/2024

   My parents still like to get faxes. It’s hard to find a fax at a decent price. I was very happy with the seller and this product is looking really good. No problems setting it up.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   christine – 04/12/2024

   Our old fax machine I won in 2001 and it finally just died. I like brother products, they seem to last 10 years or more. This was worth every penny.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Robby g – 04/23/2024

   This was one of the easiest printers I have ever setup. I had no issues with drivers or any other problems.
   The print quality is excellent and since it’s a brother printer I have high hopes that this one will last as long as the others I still have in use at work. I gave it four stars simply because I have no idea how it will work over the long term but for now it feels like a five star printer. Time will tell,

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Kathi. N – 04/29/2024

   We needed a dedicated simple fax for our office. I’ve always had good luck and wonderful tech support with other Brother products, so I bought this model. It is simple to set up, pretty much “plug and play”. Print quality is excellent, the instructions are clear, the foot print a bit bigger than I was looking for, but it fits where I wanted to place it. A reasonably priced, work horse dedicated to one function it does very well.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ubaldo. L – 05/23/2024

   This fax machine is excellent. However, the “deep sleep” mode problem is real. Pasting together several comments that appeared online, I learned the following. 1) The machine will spontaneously go into regular sleep mode when not in use. This saves energy. In regular sleep mode the machine will wake up and received faxes normally. So, that is good. 2) After a certain time (that you can set from the Ecology menu), left to its own devices, the machine will fall into “deep sleep” mode. This mode saves more power than regular sleep mode. However, the machine in deep sleep mode will only wake up and become able to receive faxes if: a) one physically touches a key, b) one lifts the handset, or c) if it received data from a computer or network. This will only happen if the fax machine is used as a printer, attached to a computer or a network. So, if one wants to use it as a stand-alone fax machine or one wants to receive faxes at all times, the deep sleep mode needs to be turned off. This is not an intuitive project.
   To turn off the Deep Sleep mode you need to do the following: Press Menu. With the up and down arrows select 1. General Setup, press OK. Select 4. Ecology, press OK. Select 2. Sleep Time, press OK. Then, with the two-digit sleep time still on the screen, PRESS TOGETHER the LOW ARROW + START keys. The Deep Sleep menu will appear. You can then choose yes or no with the up and down arrows. Enter OK, then press Stop/Exit to exit the Manu mode.
   As much as the deep sleep mode is ecologically friendly, it remains incomprehensible why Brother made the access to controlling the Deep Sleep mode so hidden and arcane.
   The machine makes excellent copies and is a great printer. As to durability and cost of maintenance, remains to be seen.