The Intellifax is ready to go straight from the box, just plug in the supplied power cable and telephone cable and you're off!
I find this fax machine really, really easy to use. To send a fax you just need to put the paper in (You can feed multiple sheets) facing downwards, tap in the receiving fax number and click on start. The fax machine feeds through the paper then stores the images, then it dials then faxes, if you have paper in the bottom you can receive a receipt also.
The fax machine will also scan documents and print them in black and white.
The problem with this one is, it doesnt have a PC cable, in fact even if you get a PC cable you wont be able to use it, because there is nowhere to put it, so forget about printing from the PC or sending faxes direct from the PC.
For a basic home or office fax machine this is fantastic, the only issues i had were that there was no pc interface and i also found the paper tray to be slightly fussy, sometimes telling me it had no paper when there was clearly paper in it, it takes a few pushes and pulls of its internal components to get it to recognise that it has paper in it!