I love my cut and scan, rather for crafting or cutting fabric. Yes, it only cuts one layer at a time but its so fast that makes up for the number of layers. There is a new software coming out any day now, that will be able to be used with all cutting machines. It's call cut n craft. It'll come with designs, lots of tutorials, etc. it'll save to multiple formats. I've already ordered mine, just waiting for it to come in. the other nice thing about the Brother cut n scan, it has free updates. They already updated my older one so that it now scans in color, etc. The only thing the newer one does is connect to wifi, I never saw a need for that and the longest scanning mat you can't cut from. Not a big deal to me. The free updates are invaluable as far as I'm concerned.