The MFC-8040DN is a good choice for a home office. It prints well, even signatures show up crisp and clean. It copies well, and scans well, signatures show up crisp and clean on scans too. The fax from computer function is a pretty smart feature, and a great supply saving feature. There is no need to print a cover sheet, print the document, load both into the ADF, enter the phone number, push send, wait. Faxing from the computer saves time and money. The high yield toner cartridges last forever. The box says up to 8000 copies from one cartridge. My first initial thought was that this is a lot of hype. It isn't. My only small issue is with the auto document feeder, from time to time, it wants to grab more than the top sheet to feed, and sometimes it will not feed straight so copies come out at an angle. Over all this is a great home/office machine.
Squeaks, squeaks, squeaks when it prints even after I took it in to get fixed. Prints really fast for a minute or two and then it stops to cool down. If it doesn't stop it sloowwwws way downnnnn. The 32 pages per minute is for about a minute or two and then you are toast.
Have been using this now for six months, and it has performed flawlessly all the way. Very convenient having anyone in the house able to print over the network. Excellent quality and fast printing. Scanning is effective with many options. Fax performs flawlessly. No problems with any functions.
Was extremely easy to set up the software on my Windows XP system. Not so easy on my daughter's 64-bit Windows 7 laptop--had to download the driver. With so many people now buying 64-bit, you would think HP would have included that on the CD, but at least it was easy to download and install.