Brother's FAX-275 is a flashback to the days of yesterday's office when faxes came in on thermal paper.The FAX-275 prints 64 shades of gray on 98-foot rolls of ThermaPlus paper of 164-foot roles of standard thermal paper. Brother includes a roll of its thermal paper. There's an anti-curl system to minimize the "Dead-Sea-Scroll-effect" on incoming faxes.Like many fax machines, this unit doubles as a telephone and can store up to 25 names and numbers.Along with Caller ID, the FAX-275 has other convenient features such as a hookup for external answering machines and a help key with hints displayed on a 16-character display to guide you through the unit's operations.-- EM