Brother mfc-5490cn, mfc-5890cn Datasheet

Network connectivity

Both multifunction machines are network ready, ‘out of the box’ so

it's as simple as plugging in a cable to connect to your wiredit's as simple as plugging in a cable to connect to your wired

network. Your multifunction printer is now even more cost effective
as it can support a work group of people who can share all it’s
printing, copying, scanning and faxing capabilities reducing the

need for multiple machines.need for multiple machines.

Media card centreMedia card centre

Take advantage of the fantastic media card centre available onTake advantage of the fantastic media card centre available on
these new generation multifunction printers which allow you tothese new generation multifunction printers which allow you to

print excellent quality digital images directly from your media

cards. Both machines are also PictBridge compatible, allowingcards. Both machines are also PictBridge compatible, allowing
you to print directly from your camera. With a wide 3.3” LCD andyou to print directly from your camera. With a wide 3.3” LCD and

built in photo enhance software on the MFC-5890CN you can also

view and edit your photographs, including red eye reduction,view and edit your photographs, including red eye reduction,
before printing.before printing.

Energy efficient

Brother’s new multifunction inkjet printers have the low power consumption,Brother’s new multifunction inkjet printers have the low power consumption,
minimum noise emission, use of non-hazardous materials and a recycling-minimum noise emission, use of non-hazardous materials and a recycling-
friendly design, that are all required to comply with ENERGY STAR and thefriendly design, that are all required to comply with ENERGY STAR and the
renowned Blue Angel environmental standard.renowned Blue Angel environmental standard.

Consumables designed to cut costsConsumables designed to cut costs

Brother’s Innobella original consumables utilise state-of-the-art technology
to produce top quality prints time and time again whilst keeping your

cost per page to a minimum. Long-lasting colours are vivid and truecost per page to a minimum. Long-lasting colours are vivid and true

thanks to fade resistant inks and specially coated paper.

MFC-5490CN & MFC-5890CNMFC-5490CN & MFC-5890CN Technical SpecificationsTechnical Specifications

General

Technology Inkjet
Memory Capacity MFC-5490CN 40MB, MFC-5890CN 64MB
Warm-up Time 0 seconds
Interfaces Hi Speed USB 2.0 / USB Direct / Pictbridge / Media cards

Network 10/100 Base-TX
Protocols TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6)
Display MFC -5490CN 2 Line Backlit (LCD), MFC-5890CN Wide 3.3”

Colour Printer

Speed Up to 35ppm mono & 28ppm colour
Resolution Up to 6,000 x 1,200 (Vertical x Horizontal)
Borderless Printing Available for A4, LTR, A6, Photo 4 x 6", Index Card, Postcard.

Colour Enhancement Brother image enhancement allows you to customise colour output
Minimum Droplet Size * 1.5pl (when used with Brother BP71 paper, see Supplies section)
Direct Photo Print Print photos direct from a USB Flash Memor y Drive / Media Cards

Colour Fax

Modem 33.6kbps
Colour Using the ITU.T-30E Colour Fax Protocol to other compatible fax

Data Compression MH, MR, MMR (Mono), JPEG (Colour)
Automatic Redial Automatic redial if the recipient fax is busy
Speed Dials MFC-5490CN 100 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

Grey Scale 256 shades of grey
Memory Transmission Up to 400 pages (ITU-T Test Chart No 1)
Out of Paper Reception Up to 400 pages (ITU-T Test Chart No 1)
Broadcasting Locations Send the same fax message to up to 256 locations

Auto Reduction Automatically reduces a received fax to fit on to a single A4 sheet
Error Correction Mode Where machines share the ECM feature, errors during transmission are

Fax Forwarding Sends a fax received in memory to another pre-programmed fax

Remote Access Allows the user to remotely access their machine by using another

Fax Retrieval Allows the user to retrieve fax messages using another touch tone

Dual Access Scan a fax for transmission whilst receiving a fax (Mono only)
Internet Fax (I-Fax)

PC-FAX* Send & receive faxes from your PC (phone line required)

Colour Copier

Speed Up to 23ppm mono & 20ppm colour
Resolution Up to 1,200 x 1,200dpi (colour)
Multi copy Produces up to 99 copies of each original

Enlargement / Reduction Ratio 25% - 400% in 1% increments
N in 1 Reduce 2 or 4 pages on to a single sheet
Poster Printing Enlarge an image to print onto 3 x 3 pages of A4 size (available for

Colour Scanner

Resolution Optical: Up to 1,200 x 2,400dpi

Scan Speed From 4 seconds Mono & from 6 seconds Colour (A4 size, 100 x

Grey Scale 256 shades of grey
Colour Depth 36 bit internal processing colour scanner

* Receiving is for Windows® only* Receiving is for Windows® only

** Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711

Colour LCD

MFC-5890CN also prints to A3

(See Direct Photo Print section)

machines

MFC-5890CN 80 locations for pre stored numbers

drawings

corrected automatically ensuring received documents are error free

number (Mono only)

touch tone phone

machine (Mono only)

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Fax documents anywhere in the world over the internet without the
use of a telephone line (Optional download)

A4 only)

Interpolated: Up to 19,200 x 19,200dpi

100dpi)

General Colour Scanner (continued)

Scan' Key Allows the user to scan to E-mail, OCR, Image, File, Card or USB Flash

Paper Handling

Paper Input 150 sheet standard paper tray

Paper Output 50 sheets
Paper Handling Sizes A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, A6, Photo 4 x 6", Index Card, Postcard,

Media Type Plain, Inkjet, Glossy, Transparency

Direct Photo Printing

PictBridge Print directly from a PictBridge enabled Digital Camera
USB Direct Interface Print directly from a USB Flash Memory Drive
PhotoCapture Centre™ Compact Flash: 4MB-8GB

Media Card Drive Save & retrieve files using any of the above listed media cards
Network Media Card Drive Save & retrieve files using any of the above listed media cards through
(Acceptable Media Cards) Memory Stick: 16MB-128MB (Duo with Adapter)

Image Format Photo Print: JPEG

Software

Driver Software Included: Brother MFL-Pro Suite

®

Windows

®

Macintosh
Reallusion®FaceFilter A simple and easy to use photo editor that enables you to fine-tune

Studio Software To print perfect, professional looking photos with or without borders.
Supported Operating Systems Windows Vista®/ Windows®XP Professional (32 & 64 bit editions)

Supplies

Standard Cartridges Black: LC1100BK - Approx 450** A4 pages

High Yield Cartridges††Black: LC1100HYBK - Approx 900** A4 pages

Brother Paper BP71GA4: A4 glossy photo paper, 20 sheets

Weights & Dimensions

MFC-5490CN With Carton 525(W) x 490(D) x 325(H) mm /13.7kg
MFC-5490CN Without Carton 440(W) x 403(D) x 222(H) mm / 9.6kg

MFC-5890CN With Carton 597(W) x 541(D) x 380(H) mm /15.7kg
MFC-5890CN Without Carton 485(W) x 408(D) x 242(H) mm /10.9kg

Others

Power Consumption Operating - 27W

Noise level 50dBA (Maximum)

††

I-Fax is a download for MFC-5890CN only

††††

High yield cartridges are for MFC-5890CN only

Memory Drive supporting: JPEG, BMP, PDF, TIFF, PNG (USB Flash
Memory Drive supports PDF Mono & Colour, JPEG, TIFF).
MFC-5890CN also scans to FTP

50 sheet automatic document feeder (ADF)

Envelope plus additional sizes. MFC-5890CN also handles A3

(Type1 only, Type2 & Microdrive are not compatible)

Memory Stick Pro: 256MB-8GB
(MagicGate: YES if not use MGfunction)
Secure Digital: 16MB-2GB (MiniSD with Adapter)
Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC): 4-8GB
xD Picture Card: 16-512MB
xD Picture Card TypeM / M+ / TypeH: 256MB-2GB
the network

Scan to Card: JPEG, PDF (colour), TIFF, PDF (mono)

Brother ControlCentre3, ScanSoft®Paperport®11 SE with OCR
Brother ControlCentre2, NewSoft®Presto!®PageManager7

your photos

/XP Home Edition / Windows®2000 Professional (SP4) / Mac OS X

10.2.4 or greater

Cyan / Magenta / Yellow: LC1100C/M/Y - Approx 325** A4 pages

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow: LC1100 HYC/M/Y­Approx 750** A4 pages

BP71GP: 4x6" glossy photo paper, 20 / 50 sheets
BP60MA: A4 Matte inkjet paper, 25 sheets
BP60PA: A4 inkjet paper, 250 sheet
MFC-5890CN also takes BP71GA3: A3 glossy photo paper, 20 sheets

Standby - MFC-5490CN 5.5W, MFC-5890CN 6W
Power Save - MFC-5490CN 4W, MFC-5890CN 4.5W

Brother UK Ltd,Brother UK Ltd, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5JDAudenshaw, Manchester M34 5JD

Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Website: www.brother.co.uk

All specifications correct at time of Printing. 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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They’re compact,

sleek and hard-working.sleek and hard-working.

Why pay more? Reduce your costs by combining all your office machines into one.Why pay more? Reduce your costs by combining all your office machines into one.
Choose Brother's fast print, copy, scan and fax solution in one compact, Choose Brother's fast print, copy, scan and fax solution in one compact,
space-saving unit, with easy-to-use features that will help achieve top qualityspace-saving unit, with easy-to-use features that will help achieve top quality
results for your business. results for your business.

The new multifunction colour inkjet printers have been designed for both businessThe new multifunction colour inkjet printers have been designed for both business
and home office users who are looking for quality, good value and want to achieveand home office users who are looking for quality, good value and want to achieve
more with their office equipment. And for maximum impact A3 printing step up tomore with their office equipment. And for maximum impact A3 printing step up to
the MFC-5890CN.the MFC-5890CN.

Quality and versatility

High speed, high quality colour print, copy,
scan and fax capabilities when you need them.

For added versatility you can also printFor added versatility you can also print
borderless photos directly from your camera borderless photos directly from your camera
or media cards. Need up to A3 borderlessor media cards. Need up to A3 borderless
printing? Choose the MFC-5890CN.printing? Choose the MFC-5890CN.

Save time and moneySave time and money

These multifunction machines offer highThese multifunction machines offer high
speed printing, copying, scanning and faxing.speed printing, copying, scanning and faxing.
This means you are using just one machineThis means you are using just one machine

for all your office tasks instead of four. And
with separate ink cartridges your savings are

even greater as you only need to replace theeven greater as you only need to replace the
colour that has run out. colour that has run out.

Ease of useEase of use

You can print from and scan directly to a USBYou can print from and scan directly to a USB

memory stick (including scan directly to PDF),

quickly copy multi-page documents with thequickly copy multi-page documents with the
Automatic Document Feeder and using theAutomatic Document Feeder and using the

handy speed dials send faxes to your most
popular contacts - all at the touch of a button.

The MFC-5890CN also boasts a wide, full colourThe MFC-5890CN also boasts a wide, full colour

3.3” LCD screen, so all its features are easily3.3” LCD screen, so all its features are easily

accessible - you can preview incoming faxes
before you print them - putting a stop to wasting
paper and inks on unwanted faxes.

Professional print quality

An ink droplet size of just 1.5 Picolitres (pl) and an incredible 6,000dpi resolution, add fastAn ink droplet size of just 1.5 Picolitres (pl) and an incredible 6,000dpi resolution, add fast
print speeds of up to 35 pages per minute, so you'll achieve professional results with realprint speeds of up to 35 pages per minute, so you'll achieve professional results with real
time saving benefits.time saving benefits.

Flexible colour copyingFlexible colour copying

Exceptional colour copies are available at the touch of a button. You can enlarge and reduce

your documents, copy a multi-paged document on to one sheet, and with the automaticyour documents, copy a multi-paged document on to one sheet, and with the automatic
document feeder you can copy and collate up to 50 sheets.document feeder you can copy and collate up to 50 sheets.

Hi-resolution colour scanningHi-resolution colour scanning

When you need documents or images scanned, you’ll get professional results from theseWhen you need documents or images scanned, you’ll get professional results from these
easy to use machines:easy to use machines:

• Scan directly to your USB stick (including PDF)

• Scan documents straight to file on your computer • Scan documents straight to file on your computer

• Scan documents straight to email as an attachment

• Scan an image directly to your photo application so it’s ready for editing or printing• Scan an image directly to your photo application so it’s ready for editing or printing

• Scan to OCR (optical character recognition), giving you the ability to edit a

pre-printed documentpre-printed document

• Scan to FTP (MFC-5890CN only)• Scan to FTP (MFC-5890CN only)

Full colour fax

Whether faxing is a regular task or an occasional need, you have the capabilities right
at your fingertips - and in full colour! With an automatic redial, 100 speed dial numbers
and up to 400 pages transmit/receive memory, it’ll help you save time and Do More
in the office, every single day.