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Technical Specification
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE
Computing System
Windows
®
Macintosh
®
98 (SE) 32 MB 64 MB 90 MB 130 MB
Me 32 MB 64 MB 90 MB 130 MB
2000 Professional 64 MB 128 MB 90 MB 130 MB
XP 128 MB 256 MB 150 MB 220 MB
OS 8.6 64 MB 80 MB 200 MB
OS 9.x 64 MB 80 MB 200 MB
OSX 10.2.4 or greater 128 MB 160 MB 80 MB 200 MB
OPERATING SYSTEM PC PROCESSOR MINIMUM RECOMMENDED For For
VERSION INTERFACE SPEED RAM RAM Drivers Applications
All base models meet
minimum requirements
All base models meet
minimum requirements
All base models meet
minimum requirements
*Mono only
**Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to 2,400 x 2,400dpi
Pentium
®
II
or equivalent
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
Pentium
®
II
or equivalent
Pentium
®
II
or equivalent
Pentium
®
II
or equivalent
MFC-3240C
Scanner TWAIN/ Scan Scan Scan Scan Brother Printer Brother Remote Status NewSoft
®
ScanSoft
®
Resolution WIA to to to to PC-FAX Driver Control Setup Monitor Presto!
®
PaperPort
®
Upto DPI Driver Image E-mail OCR File Send* Centre 2.0 PageManager
®
9.0SE
Microsoft Windows
®
98(SE)/Me 2,400x2,400 TWAIN ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
2000 Professional 2,400x2,400 TWAIN ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
XP 1200x1200** WIA ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Macintosh
®
OS 8.6 ✓✓ ✓
OS 9.x 2,400x2,400 TWAIN ✓✓ ✓
OSX 10.2.4 or greater 2,400x2,400 TWAIN ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
General
Engine Inkjet
LCD Display 1 line x 16 characters
Back-lit Function keys For easy selection of Fax or Copy functions
Back-up for clock Keeps time and date backed up for 1 hour
Memory Capacity 8MB standard
Paper handling size A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, A6, Postcard,
Envelope + additional sizes
Paper Capacity Standard paper tray Up to 100 sheets
Output paper capacity Up to 50 sheets
ADF Up to 20 sheets
Simultaneous Operation (Print/Fax) (Print/Copy) (Print/Scan)
Colour Printer
Speed Up to 20ppm mono & 15ppm colour
Resolution Max.1200 x 6000dpi
Warm-up time Zero warm-up time
Borderless Printing Borderless printing is available for A4 / LTR / A6 / Photo
Card / Index Card / Post Card
Colour Enhancement Brother Image enhancement allows you to custom colour output
Variable drop size 3 sizes for variable dot print with minimum droplet size of
3pl for enhanced quality printing
Colour Fax
Modem 33.6kbps - Approx 3 seconds transmission
Data Compression Mono: MH / MR / MMR Colour: JPEG
Automatic redial Automatic redial if the recipient fax is busy
One-touch dials 10 locations
Speed dials 40 locations for pre-stored numbers
Group dials Up to 6 groups
Fax / Tel switch Automatic recognition of fax and telephone reception
Distinctive ring detection Yes
Super fine Enables quality transmission and reception of very small
print or line drawings
Grey scale 64 levels for monochrome, 256 levels for colour
Transmit/Receive Memory Up to 170 pages (ITU-T Test Chart No 1)
Broadcasting locations Send the same fax message to up to 100 locations
Batch transmission Stores documents for the same location in the machines
memory for transmission in a single call (mono only)
Auto reduction Automatically reduces a received fax to fit on to a single
sheet of A4
Error correction mode Where machines share the ECM feature, errors during
transmission are corrected automatically ensuring received
documents are error free
Fax forwarding Sends a fax received in memory to another
pre-programmed fax number (Mono only)
Remote access Allows the user to remotely access their machine by using
another touch tone phone
Fax retrieval Allows the user to retrieve fax messages using another touch
tone machine (Mono only)
PC Fax Send faxes from your PC, broadcast to up to 50 locations
(Mono only)
Dual Access Scan a fax for transmission whilst receiving a fax
Colour Copier
Speed Up to 17cpm mono & 11cpm colour
Resolution Up to 600 x 1200dpi
Multi copy Produces up to 99 copies of each original
Enlargement / reduction ratio 25% - 400% in 1% increments
N in 1
Mono only
Compress 2 or 4 pages onto a single sheet of A4
Colour Scanner
Resolution
Optical
Max. 600 x 1200dpi
Interpolated
Max. 2400 x 2400dpi
Scan speed Scan speed is from 4 seconds Mono and from 9 seconds
Colour (A4 size, 100 x 100dpi)
Grey Scale 256 shades of grey
Colour Depth This model has a 36 bit internal processing colour scanner
'Scan' key Allows the user to scan to e-mail, OCR, Image or File
Interface(s)
USB USB 2.0 Full Speed connection as standard
External TAD Interface Interface for connecting external telephone answering
device
Supplies - Individual Ink Cartridges
Supplied with standard yield Black LC900BK - 500 pages
cartridges. Pages in normal Cyan LC900C - 400 pages
mode @ 5% coverage Magenta LC900M - 400 pages
Yellow LC900Y - 400 pages
Black High Yield LC900HYBK - 900 pages
Weights and Dimensions
Dimensions / Weight With Carton 455(w) x 295(d) x 460(h) mm / 7.9kg
Without Carton 375(w) x 365(d) x 181(h) mm / 5.0kg
Brother UK Ltd
Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5JD
Tel: 0870 830 4000 (National Rate Call) Fax: 0870 830 4031
Web-site: www.brother.co.uk
Your calls to us may be monitored or recorded for training purposes.
Specification correct at time of going to print. Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries Ltd.
Brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
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