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Forget it
Do not under any circumstances buy a Brother printer. They rig the machine so that it will accept no generic toners. You use a brother toner or the machine won't work. Amazing!

SO glad I bought this!!
I purchased this for my voice studio. It's a little big BUT I needed it. I spent so much time running to Kinko's doing photocopies for studio recitals, or copying music for students until their order came in (because after all, I don't want to violate copyright!) and I needed something that could reduce and duplex. This fits the bill. And I've networked it so I can use it from my desktop upstairs or from the notebook I have attached. I've only had it a month, but so far, so good!

Pretty good, but the paper curl is a problem
As a public high school teacher, making copies at school takes a long time--the waiting lines and the non-collating abilities of the school's old machines were problematic. I bought this multifunction machine to function strictly as a copier for my house. After wasting hours of time photocopying and collating multi-page short stories and assignments, I thought that this machine would be money well spent considering the time I would save.

The copying functions are stellar--it is relatively fast and the high-yield toner is set at a reasonable price. Because I live in a house with 5 other teachers, the expenses surrounding the machine are relatively low.

However, the printer has a propensity to curl copies upwards--even at settings and paper recommended by the manufacturer. Basically, if you have any ambitions to set up a copying and job and let it run without monitoring it, you should look at another option. After about 30 or 40 pages, the curled pages begin to run into the output pages, causing some pretty severe paper jams. Because of this paper curling, I find myself constantly monitoring the machine so the curled paper doesn't get in the way.

A second problem is that the machine only comes with 32MB of RAM...so while the loading slot can hold up to 50 pages, it can only do 8 pages at a time before the memory runs out. Trying to buy new RAM is also a hassle because the suggested manufacturer provided in the manual changed their product codes so it is difficult to determine if the RAM you buy will match.

Do I regret buying this machine? No, not at all--I have saved hours of paper-sorting time because of the purchase. However, if I were to go back and choose a machine again, I might consider buying something with less problems than this one.

After one year of use: Excellent quality product and value for money
I've used this copier/printer for one year and am very happy with it. We share it over network among the whole family, between one Mac and several PCs. The functionality that comes at such a low price is amazing. I am especially fond of its automatic scanner sheet feeder which is build very solidly. I do lot of scanning, and it still has to miss a page.

After one year of using this product I can only regret that I haven't bought it earlier. My previous multi-functional printer/scanners (HP) were a disappointment. Using this product, on the other hand, is a pleasure.

Brother DCP-8065DN Digital Copier
I am using this in a Human Resources office for non-volume copying. It performs excellent. The duplex mode come in handy for 2 sided copying and performs flawlessly.