Another vote for the Brother line. I've owned several and never had any problems. I've always sold the one to upgrade to another. If he can afford it, as someone else suggested, the Brother PC420 is fabulous. It's my daily driver and Amazon has it right now for $369 with free shipping and their returns are super easy if she doesn't like it. I had the Brother CS6000i and upgraded to the PC420prw. There was a big difference, most noticeably in the quietness of the 420. But both are good.