Free delivery on all thermal and laser fax machines throughout the UK, fax consumables and inkjet cartridges also kept in stock.

We stock fax machines from all the major manufacturers including; Brother fax machines, Canon fax machines, BT fax machines, Philips fax machines, sharp fax machines and Olivetti fax machines. Generally there are 3 types of fax machine that customers can choose from.

Thermal fax machines - these use a special type of paper roll that's is available in different lengths and widths which reacts to heat, the fax machine itself simply heats the impression onto the page leaving a black impression of whatever has been sent (either letters or images) - one downside to consider is that only fax rolls can be used to receive faxes so if you forget to stock up then you won't get any faxes.

Laser fax machines - these fax machines use the same technology as an office laser printer, users will need to replace a  laser fax cartridge when it runs empty but the quality of the print is far superior to that of the thermal fax machine. Also laser fax machines use plain A4 paper (some of the larger laser fax machines can also take A3 paper) - again this is considered preferable to most office workers as its often easier to handle than rolls of faxed paper.

Multifunctional fax machines - these tend to be opted for in small offices where space is a premium or the need for a fax machine is not as often. Multi functional fax machines are a single unit that has a printer, photocopier, scanner and fax machine all in one - perfect for the small office, home office environment.

A little fax history for you

The use of fax machines became a common thing in the mid to late 80's but the idea and technology dates way, way back in fact the idea started in good old blighty back in the nineteenth century. A man named Alexander Bain created primitive apparatus that involved 2 pens connected between 2 pendulums which were in turn were connected to a wire that was able to recreate the writing on an electrically conductive surface. Later that century and Italian named Caselli invented a machine which he called a pantelegraph (combining the two words pantagraph and telegraph) - the idea base loosely based on the earlier creation by the Englishman Bain but with the addition of an apparatus to synchronize the pens, this early form of communication was used by the Telegraph agency in France on the connection between Marseilles and Paris. Over the years a few more inventors got involved in the progression of the facsimile system in countries like Germany, France and America. In 1966 the Magnafax telecopier was introduced by Xerox, this compact forty six pound facsimile machine could be connected to a standard telephone line and could transmit any letter in a around 6 minutes - a slow process indeed by today's standards but back then this was a huge leap in telecommunications advancements. Pretty soon the larger japanese manufacturers entered the market and the fax machine swiftly turned into what we all use everyday in our office lives.