Our company has used this Xerox WorkCentre 470CX fax/print machine for over five years now. We do not usually use this for printing but mostly for faxes.

It is our one and only fax machine at our San Francisco (SFO) location. I do not have a clue of how much the company paid for this equipment since I am fairly new to this company and this product is no longer in the market. It has been discontinued as newer models have surfaced.


DESIGN AND CONTROLS :
On the bottom of the machine, on the information plate, it says that this particular unit was made in October of 1999. Since it is about six years old, it would explain the size and speed. This model is a bit large compared to the latest and greatest models out in the market today like the Xerox FaxCentre F110.

The buttons are big, easy to read, and thoughtfully positioned. The dialing pad buttons are about one and a quarter centimeters in diameter, so you will not have a hard time finding the numbers you want to dial. Also the Start/Enter and Stop buttons are big also to make everyone’s life a bit easier. The buttons do not illuminate to improve visibility in low light situations, but it is fine since we do not send faxes in the dark… yet!

The one touch-dial pad and buttons are not so big or easy to see when compared to the other buttons. These buttons are about one and a quarter centimeters in length, and the space provided to write in the description of a stored number is limited to 1.25 X 1.25 centimeters boxes. So you can only imagine how much space is there to write and to make out what is already written. Now I would suggest writing in pencil, just in case you decide to dump a one tough-dial number from the memory. By the way, there are twenty memory locations and buttons to access them the one touch-dial numbers.

This unit also has a speed-dial function which allows to store up to fifty numbers. Now I never use the speed-dial when there is the one tough-dial buttons available. But the speed-dial function is also an advantage for this unit because you can store more number than the one touch-dial. The paper feeder can hold about 100 sheets, which is excellent because I do not have to reload paper everyday. This product supports Letter, A4, and Legal paper types. The paper feeder tray is located in the back of the machine so it is out of the way but still easy to access. I, on the other hand, prefer paper being fed from the bottom of the unit like the HP Printer products.

There is a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen that supports thirty two characters in two lines. There is not illumination on the LCD so you will have a hard time reading it in low light situations, but that is not a problem because who would want to send faxes in the dark? This unit weighs roughly about fifteen pounds and on top of that it is about 15 inches in depth.