HP 640 Inkjet Fax Machine :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
The HP 640 Professional Quality Plain-paper Fax & Copier is simple to use with efficient one-touch button for quick access to reports, system set up and tools. Be more productive with automatic redial, 50-sheet paper tray, 100 speed dials, 10 one-touch dials and management reporting. Save desktop space with a small footprint and compact, dual-tone styling that blends into any environment. Reduction/Enlargement - 50 to 150% Scan Resolution - Up to 200x200 dpi Grayscale Levels - 64 Standard Paper Handling - 50-sheet input tray, 10-sheet automatic document feeder Custom Media Sizes - 8.5x11 to 8.5x14 Fax Features - Auto-redialing, fax broadcasting (up to 5 locations), auto fax reduction, fax delayed sending, fax forwarding, fax/phone/TAM interface, fax polling, distinctive ring detection, fax telephone mode, remote retrieval, telephone handset, junk barrier, Silent mode, answer mode, redial, loud speaker, volume control and telephone handset Dimensions - Width 14.33 x Depth 12.76 x Height 9.84 (364x324x250mm) Weight - 6.5 pounds (3.0 kg)
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Customer Reviews

Easy to set up and use

2008-04-12
We don't need a fax machine often, but when we do this functions perfectly. Much better than going out and paying to have someone fax for you.

Wonderful home office fax machine

2008-03-27
This attractive, compact fax machine is perfect for my home office. Set-up was so easy my dog could have done it! And I love the fact that it has an ink cartridge instead of the cumbersome ink roll that my previous machine had. I like everything about this small, easy-to-use fax machine!

Great product & easy to work

2008-03-08
It is not to hard to work or to figure out. No problems great buy.

Its good enough

2008-03-08
For the price I can say that it is worth it. I didn't like driving to Kinko's and paying a couple of bucks to fax something. This machine was easy to set up and works as advertised. I don't use it much and if I find out the ink cartridge cost $50, I'll just chunk the whole thing and get another one.

Great sturdy fax machine that works well

2008-02-09
This is a great fax machine that is well built, works well and has a small footprint that is ideal for home usage or even in an office. The inkjet cartridge system is better than Brother's ribbon cartridge system and for the price, this fax machine can't be beat.

Good little machine for light faxing

2008-07-18
If you can get this machine for about 50 dollars, it's worth it for light faxing. The memory holds about 12 pages worth of documents so if you're a legal eagle who routinely sends 40 page faxes, buy something more heavy duty. But if you send and receive an occasional fax here or there, this is a nice machine with a very simple and compact design.

Print quality and speed are adequate and the machine does a decent job as a light duty copier as well. The one downside on printing is that the cartridges are expensive, about 30 dollars each and they print about 250 pages. There are no clone cartridges available that I can find. But you can find HP original cartridges on Ebay for about 15 dollars if you want to go that route.

Great Product

2008-05-30
HP gets it right! I don't know how it would stand up to heavy use, but if you fax occasionaly, this is the one for you. Simple, even for a technically challanged dude like me. Small footprint...stores easily. I keep it in it's box and take it out when I need it. Maybe take off half a star for its hard to read display but that's it. Watch Staples and wait for a good [..] deal. I paid [..]...got [...]back !!!

Does the job

2008-05-18
It's a cheap fax machine that is easy to set up and sends and receives faxes well. Exactly what I was looking for.

Does not work with 2-line telephone system

2008-05-09
I bought this fax machine to use at my business. I have 2 telephone lines and hooked this fax machine up to the second line. Could never get it to work properly. When the telephone rolled over to the second line if it was a voice message the fax machine would pick it up with that irritating fax noise and you could not hear the caller. Tried many configurations and could never get it to work properly. The manual does not say how to hook the fax machine up to a telephone system with 2 lines and an answering machine, and HP as has been stated before, has poor customer support.

A fine machine, but...

2008-04-18
This machine works well, the display panel -- only 16 characters wide -- is very well designed, and the small footprint is perfect for home use.

Note, however, that it does NOT provide a speaker phone. The "Loudspeaker" button is just that - a loudspeaker, and not a speakerphone. Good for listening to voice mail, perhaps, but of no use if you want to talk.

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