Brother MFC-8600 is a monochrome (black and white) multi-function laser printer. It functions as an all in one laser printer, scanner, copier, fax and PC fax. The Brother MFC-8600 supported media types are greeting cards, transparencies, heavy-weight coated paper, plain paper, glossy paper, labels, envelopes, coated paper. The media sizes are letter A size, legal, executive, A4, A5, A6 and B5. This model also features 4 MB of memory, USB and parallel connectivity. The Brother MFC-8600 uses two toner cartridges and one drum unit, the toner cartridges consist of a standard yield and a high yield toner. The standard yield can print up to 3,000 pages at 5% coverage, while the high yield can print up to 6,000 pages at 5% coverage. The toner cartridge model numbers are TN430 (TN-430) which is the standard yield and TN460 (TN-460) which is the high yield toner. The drum unit model number is DR400 (DR-400), which has a duty cycle of 20,000 pages at 5% coverage. This model has a 280 sheet total media capacity, it includes 1 x 250 sheet and 1 x 30 sheet. The maximum monthly duty cycle is 30,000 impressions. The print resolution is 1200 x 1200 dpi, the copier resolution is 600 x 600 dpi and the scanner resolution is 600 x 300 dpi. The Brother MFC-8600 print speed is 6 pages per minute with the first page out in 10 seceonds and the copier speed is 32 copies per minute.