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Our office bought a MFC8600 and we have had zero problems throughout the 6 months of heavy daily use. Quality and speedy printout plus stand-alone fax, copier functions make this machine the superman of the office.

After a thourough research between a few models that interested me: HP 3200, panasonic FLM600, brother 4600, I decided to go with a 8300 for myself, because of its speed, win2k/me compatibility and wonderful price. It's been a week and so far I'm very happy with it. In fact, I like it even better than the 8600, simply because at bootup after installing the software, the software installed does not complain about not finding the machine (should you choose not to connect it), as opposed to the 8600. The print quality is good enough for me and I've never had any problem with the limited ram (2Mb).

The only thing I would wish this machine had, is a few more buttons for the commonly used tasks, so that one doesnt have to press a bunch of buttons to access these features, e.g., "function", "1" , "0", "2" for a list of caller ID names. One more line on the LCD screen wouldn't hurt either.

The toner is cheap and the machine operates quietly. So far, I havent had a single crash, software conflict or print/copy/fax problems. Highly recommended!

I've now had this machine for a week and I must say, I'm quite pleased. I'm using it with my Macintosh G4/400 and without a hitch. This machine also works with Windows PCs via USB or an included Parallel cable.

You can get 12ppm, but only in the fast/low quality printouts... high quality printouts are a bit slower. The high quality printouts are just that... very fine quality in text and in photos.

I gave this item less than a perfect rating because while it's advertised as a USB printer, it doesn't include a USB cable. VERY FRUSTRATING to buy an expensive item like this, have it delivered and then have to drive 30 miles to a computer store to buy an overpriced cable!

I also could care less for the quality of the phone receiver. I have no idea why the phone receivers on fax machines are so flimsy... it hangs on the cradle by a hair and a slight jarring to the table it's on sends the phone flying.

Nonetheless, this is a fine machine and a great price for a laser printer even w/o the multi-functionality of a phone/fax & copier!

I bought the Brother MFC 8300 for my 2 business locations as well as my home office. I've been very satisfied with the excellent print quality and the speed is great! Pages fly out of this baby! I use Macintosh computers and apparently there is a PC Fax software feature that I cannot use but I don't see the need as it works as a standalone fax machine and has the phone handset , so it could stand in for your phone as well. I also use the "copy" function which even includes reduce and enlarge, making up to 99 copies.

It's a great all around machine for a small business or home office combining copy and fax features with a great 600 dpi, 12 page per minute laser printer.

Bought this for a customer and loved it so much, I picked one up for myself as well.
Holds 200 pages, printing looks great and works well.
Easily connected to PC. I don't use the phone functions and strictly use this as a fax/printer so don't know much about how well other options works.

Bought this for a customer and loved it so much, I picked one up for myself as well.
Holds 200 pages, printing looks great and works well.
Easily connected to PC. I don't use the phone functions and strictly use this as a fax/printer so don't know much about how well other options works.