Brother PPF1270e IntelliFax Fax Machine

The fax machine is very easy to set up and use. It works perfectly.

Great low price as a back-up fax machine for home office use for under $50. Hopefully will last until I upgrade all my machines in 6 months. Convenient as a home additional phone as well, whether you have an office set-up or not.

I just ordered my fourth 1270e - that's in the last 10-12 years. Each time I have researched the alternatives, but the other basic faxes are bulkier, cost way more to operate, or have bells and whistles I don't need... So I keep coming back. In my home office I have a good copier, a laser printer, and a very good scanner, and haven't yet seen a multi-function machine that does all those things at the level of quality I require. For faxing, though, really high quality isn't a priority. Simplicity, speed, and decent readability are what I ask from my fax, and the 1270e does all of that nicely. My small private business is partly run from a home office, and for that the 1270e is very suitable. If you do high volume in or out, this is not your machine. They each have lasted me about 3-4 years with no repairs or maintenance other than wiping down the rollers with rubbing alcohol and cleaning out paper dust maybe once every 6 months, and a couple drops of lubricant in key spots once a year -- and they are cheap enough that when something finally breaks (or as in today's episode, I break it) I just replace rather than repair it. The machine is very simple to set up and operate, easy to clean and maintain, and has adequate memory. The cartridges run in the $25 range and usually last me 3-4 months (I track cartridge use carefully; incoming faxes probably average 150-250 pages a month) and are a snap to change. You can use the replaceable film rolls and save a few bucks. I rarely send more than 15 pages at a time, and the machine can handle that w/o any problems, and it'll handle 40-50 pp of incoming OK - the blank paper tray doesn't like a bigger load than that. Yeah, occasionally paper jams feeding in or printing out, but no more often than the various other office machines I have had over the years. If you do get a lot of jams, check the rollers - jiggle them to be sure they turn freely, and if needed, clean them. A small scrap of paper or lint, or a build-up of grime can increase jamming. If that fails, or it jams from the start, try a different brand (or weight) of paper - I have had some brands that jam a lot and others (usually of slightly better quality) that cause no problems at all.

I had a earlier model so I thought when it was time to get a new one I would purchase another Brother. I bought this one for our home office because it said it had 10 page faxing ability. The print quality is the same as the previous model, which is low, but standard for fax machines. The trouble is, if you want to fax multiple pages, the machine jams. You need to stand there, when it is faxing, to make sure the paper is feeding straight. I have found it impossible to fax more than 3 pages at one time and even with this the paper jams.

Works well; replacement ink is cheap if you buy non-factory. Cheap to buy. No frills and easy to use. Does the job.

Purchased for office that receives and sends Fax infrequently but needed for special documents. Unit is easy to install and use. Hope to get many years of service. By the way, the Fax phone works well and comes in handy at times..

Fax Machine does not work( broken)......The fax machine come in a box that was filled with trash, open water bottles , old papers. I have never seen anything so unprofessional and dirty.. The Fax Machine went into the trash.

The Brother 1270e is of basic quality and features and works reasonably well. It is not especially fast nor quick on mode of execution, but it works reasonably well. As a refurbished model is was very inexpensive and well worth its price. It was a replacement for a much older Brother fax machine which does more and will need to be repaired for the one flaw that BOTH these machines possess: The mechanism that transfers the ink from the mylar ribbon is pressed tightly against the paper by plastic clips on each side of the mechanism. THESE CLIPS TEND TO SNAP/FRACTURE APART OVER TIME, either due to age or trauma. For my old machine, this will be the second time I'm replacing those clips. This new machine has similar plastic clips so I assume the same problem will happen eventually. Why Brother doesn't make them out of metal is quite beyond my comprehension.