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PRACTICAL PERIPHERALS' FAXME PF100
Expanding the LaserJet
A Hardware Review
by David Jensen
How many ways can you enhance your HP LaserJet printer? I'm not
sure, but I'm willing to bet that we still haven't seen the end.
The Practical Peripherals FaxMe is just yet another ingenious
way to expand the capabilities of a LaserJet printer.
The FaxMe is a cartridge that is plugged into the left cartridge
slot of a LaserJet. Plug the other end of it into a phone jack,
and you have a 9600 bps receive-only fax machine. The cartridge
is set up to be configured from the printer's control panel, so
it is not terribly easy to configure. Still, there are so few
options that the inconvenience is trivial.
The FaxMe can be permanently installed and set to automatic
sensing of fax, or print demand. While printing, the cartridge
will ignore the phone, and, at the user's option, can ignore the
phone for a predefined amount of time afterwards, to keep from
flushing soft fonts. The quality of the print is not as good as
you would find printing directly from the LaserJet, but it is
comparable to most mid-line laser faxes.
For LaserJet owners who need to receive faxes on occasion, don't
want to buy a fax machine, and aren't sure about tying up their
computers with fax/modems, this cartridge is a good product to
consider. While it only supports a maximum of 9600 bps as a
V.29 fax receiver, the speed difference for occasional use is
not likely to be noticed much. With good quality, reasonable
speed, and extremely simple installation and operation, the
FaxMe should be able to meet the fax needs of a number of
people.
The FaxMe PF100 (price unknown)
Practical Peripherals
375 Conejo Ridge Ave.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361
(800) 442-4774
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(Reprinted with permission from the September 1993 "Bits &
PC's," a publication of the Madison, WI PC User's Group.)
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