I do ever plan on using the FAX, receive or transmit. The way this Kodak
copy mode works it is stand-alone, don't need no stink'n puter. As for scan,
its a nice and sometimes necessary function but for those once a month jobs
booting into Windoze occasionally is a inconvenience it is not that big a
deal. Yes, I too wish these OEMs supported Linux like they do Windoze. The
4500 does not have a memory-card or thumb drive port but I never use the
ones on the Kodak. I have a computer to do that with and there I have a much
better control.