I use an MFC-7220 in my current professional capacity. It's a workhorse, but aging. Just today I printed off a 57 page document without any issues -- granted, it's not a 300 page manuscript, but I think once you surpass a certain threshold it's all good.
Having said that, the DCP-7040 is newer/faster/better. A flatbed-style scanner is mounds easier to use than the feed-type on the 7220, the resolution is better, and if you don't need the fax machine you're not missing out on anything.
Granted, the 7040 is $50 more, but I would honestly pay that premium just to have a 'real' scanner.
Regardless, I'm firmly on the Brother bandwagon.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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