Customer Reviews

Brother DCP-8065DN Digital Copier and Printer (White/Black)

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I love this printer, I have had it for 3-4 years and use it at a weekend school. I have printed about 60,0000 copies on it. Here is how to fix the 3 most common issues.

Have you noticed how the last page you get before you get the "Toner Life Ended" message is is perfectly clean and doesn't seem to be lacking any toner? Because the cartridge is not really empty!

Here is a trick to make your cartridge print at least 1000 more copies..

Basically if light can pass through the 2 circular optical lenses on opposite sides of the cartridge due to less toner inside, the cartridge is jammed and you get the "Toner Life Ended" message.

When it happens, simply take the cartridge out, get some White Out, and paint the 2 circular optical lenses on opposite side of the cartridge.

Put it back in, print until it really runs out. If you are worried this will damage your cartridge, do not.. The printer had already indicated the cartridge was empty, so you have nothing to lose.

Paint the optical sensors, block the light, cartridge works!

When you get the Drum Life Ended message:
a. open the front cover
b. press the clear/back key
c. press 1 to reset
d. close the front cover.

You are done, it will count another 20,000 before warning you, but you may decide to replace earlier if not happy with quality of prints after some 10,000 more prints.


You can also refill each cartridge twice for about $10 each, just buy toner on eBay, for 7000 more copies.

This is an outstanding product.
It does it all. Copies, scans, and prints. It will print and copy doubled-sided documents. It will also scan double-sided documents through the document feeder as well.
I'm really impressed by the scanning software as it allows me to save my documents in a number of formats (Photoshop, jpg, bmp, and other files types, including PDF).
One thing that is very slightly misleading is the number of copies/prints you can get from a toner cartridge. When you see 3,500 (or 7,000 for the high-yield), that is only if you are using the toner saver mode (meaning you're printing in either 300 or 600 dpi). The toner saver mode is a nice option, but the copies/prints tend to be light and not as easy to read. So if you are not using the toner saver mode, you can expect the number of copies/prints from a cartridge to be significantly less (I think I got somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 out of my standard yield cartridge). However, since there are numerous places to buy cartridges for discounted prices online, it isn't that big of a deal to be getting a lower number. For instance, you can get a high-yield cartridge for about $45 and that will give anywhere from 3,500 to 4,000 copies/prints in the non-toner saver mode.
I definitely recommend this product. It is great for a small office (or even as a personal printer if you have a need for printing/copying double sided documents and will do a fair number of impressions [500 at minimum] per month).

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.

My 8065 arrived a few days ago. I bought it to replace my inkjet printer, and a scanner. I am happy with:
* installation: easy, for such a complex device. The installer asked all the right questions, and just worked on all my PCs.
* print quality: great. My old cheapo laser had trouble with printing Google maps, that's why I got the inkjet. I am not sure why, but the drivers in this printer turn out easily legible maps.

And the sole point of unhappiness is:
* scanner: lots of banding while scanning color photos. The photo scans are unusable, even my kid looks wrinkled. I'll have to keep my old scanner for an occasional photo scan.

Overall, happy with the purchase, and am looking forward to not replacing all those ink cartridges.

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.

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.

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!

I bought this to use as a network printer, but the buggy control center software bundled with it only managed to connect to the printer on some of the Windows computers I own. The story doesn't end there though. Brother has an extensive driver catalog supporting a wide array of operating systems, so I was able to rig the system up to a Linux box it sits near via USB and use CUPS to share it around the house. With that, all of the Windows boxes can now easily connect via Internet Printing Protocol without the control center software and using only the minimalist print drivers. There are even drivers for this thing on XP Pro x64 which is impressive considering that poor OS has become neglected by wildly popular software like iTunes, and this is not to mention the distribution-specific instructions and drivers Brother has made available on Linux.

As for the printer itself, it sports a selectable duplex auto feeder for scanning in addition to a flatbed, and it has full duplex printing. I'm around 600 pages on this thing and it hasn't jammed or had any trouble once. It does make all the lights flicker and spins up some pretty loud fans when it is warming up to print, but it hasn't blown a fuse. Scanning works great with XSane on Ubuntu, and printing warm-up and completion time is incredibly short even relative to larger and pricier office units I have dealt with.

I got a great price on this refurbished at Staples about 6 months ago when they still carried it, and it really can't be beat for the price. I would recommend getting this if a deal comes up, and I am confident that Brother will support it with drivers long into the future.

I have a Brother DCP 8065dn, also Brother MFC 8660dn also a Brother lable maker.
I have had other brand ink jet printers and laser printers, and Brother just beats them all.
When it comes to toner TN580 high yield cartridges that give you 7,000 pages, that is awesome. Also the Drum units give 25,000 pages. You should use the genuine cartridges if you do not want problems and at times you can find them cheap, and I always keep one extra on hand.
The crisp quality of the printing is awesome.
Big difference from Lexmark, and HP.
Brother is the only way to go.
God Bless,
Lenny
From Maine.

We purchased this unit to replace an ancient analog copier. The Brother is less than half the size of the other unit and provides multiple functions. We are very pleased with the performance.