Sundar said:
I am trying to buy some fax film cartridge (KX-FA93) and during the
search have come across a number of dirt cheap Compatible fax film
cartridge either on Ebay or other web sites.
Now my question is are the Compatible (OEM) fax film cartridge of the
same quality or of at least comparable quality to the original ones
sold by the manufacturer (Panasonic).
Will the Compatible ones cause any damage to the fax machine etc.
Any info on the above matter will be helpful
Shouldn't hurt anything, but if you receive a lot of faxes, it's best to
just sh*t-can the thing and get a unit which uses inkjet--or better yet,
laser--technology. I tried to 'get by' with one of those while I attempted
repair of my inkjet unit. I doubled my original investment within weeks by
buying the $15 OEM 'cartridges' which thermally transfer image to paper. I
used a few aftermarket (Office Depot) ones which didn't give quite as good
an image, but were $5 less...good enough.
The kicker was that the machine self-destructed on a genuine cartridge. The
off-brand ones just ran off the supply reel when exhausted. The 'genuine'
ones had the end bonded to the supply reel. Something happened to the 'end
detector' switch, and the machine kept trying to pull more film through
machine. Eventually, the pressure broke a tab on the latch which holds the
top of the machine down and popped it open. 'That' stopped it.... <g>
IMO, these are just stupid-tech. The $15 cart's only good for 150
pages...and that's pages through the machine--whether there's been any image
transferred or not. The film runs through the machine inch for inch with
the paper...exhausting the film at *exactly* 150 pages. You can rewind it,
but once used, you'll get absolutely no image from a used area of
film...makes for spotty prints.
My Hp laser machine shortly paid for itself in saved resources. If you only
get a fax or two a month, it might be worth having one of the thermal
transfer machines.
jak
