Brother mfc-845cw Datasheet

MFC-845CW

With the Brother MFC-845CW at your side you’ll have a complete communication package providing
high quality colour print, fax, scan and copy functions across a wireless or wired network.

• Built-in wired and wireless network

• Print up to 27ppm mono and

22ppm colour

• Borderless printing with a minimum

droplet size of 1.5pl

*

•

2.5” colour LCD display

• Direct photo printing using

PictBridge or via media cards

• DECT handset and answering

machine

• Individual ink cartridges with fade

resistant ink

Brother UK Ltd.,

Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5JD
Tel: [phone] (National rate call)
Fax: [phone]
Web-site: 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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General

Engine Inkjet
LCD Display 2.5" Colour LCD Display
Memory Capacity 32MB
Paper Handling Size A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, A6, Photo 4 x 6", Envelope plus

additional sizes
Media Type Plain, Inkjet, Glossy, Transparency
Paper Capacity Standard paper tray: Up to 100 sheets

Photo paper tray: Up to 20 sheets

Automatic Document Feeder: Up to 10 sheets

Output paper capacity: Up to 50 sheets
Simultaneous Operation Yes

Colour Printer

Speed Up to 27ppm mono & 22ppm colour
Resolution Up to 6000 x 1200dpi optimised
Warm-up Time 0 seconds
Borderless Printing Available for A4, LTR, A6, Photo 4 x 6", Index Card, Postcard
Colour Enhancement Brother Image enhancement allows you to custom colour

output
Minimum Droplet Size 1.5pl(when used with Brother BP61paper, seeSupplies section)

Colour Fax

Modem 14.4kbps: Approx 6 seconds transmission
Colour Using the ITU.T-30E Colour Fax Protocol to other

compatible fax machines
Data Compression JPEG (colour), MH, MR, MMR (mono)
Automatic Redial Automatic redial if the recipient fax is busy
Speed Dials 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: UK & Denmark only
Super Fine Enables quality transmission and reception of very small

print or line drawings
Grey Scale 256 levels (colour), 64 levels (mono)
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 250 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 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)
Dual Access Scan a fax for transmission whilst receiving a fax (mono only)

Colour Copier

Speed Up to 20ppm mono & 18ppm colour
Resolution Up to 600 x 1200dpi (colour), 1200 x 1200dpi (mono)
Multi copy Produces up to 99 copies of each original
Enlargement /

Reduction Ratio 25% - 400% in 1% increments
N in 1 Compress 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 A4 only)

Colour Scanner

Resolution Optical: Max. 600 x 2400dpi. Interpolated: Max. 19,200 x

19,200dpi
Scan Speed From 4 seconds mono & from 6 seconds colour (A4 size,
100 x 100dpi)
Grey Scale 256 shades of grey
Colour Depth 36bit internal processing colour scanner
'Scan' Key Allows the user to scan to E-mail, OCR, Image, File or Card

Supporting: JPEG, BMP, PDF, TIFF, PNG

Technical Specifications MFC-845CW

Telephone & Message Manager

DECT Handset Supplied with detachable DECT handset
Duplex Speaker Phone Yes
Message Manager Electronic messaging facility for faxes and voice mail
OGM(Out GoingMessage) Up to 2 0 seconds
ICM (Incoming Message) Up to 99 messages depending on length of message.

User can set as 30, 60, 120 or 180 seconds

Interface(s)

USB USB Connectivity (cable not supplied)
Network Supplied with a built-in 10/100 Base-TX Network interface
Wireless Supplied with built-in 802.11b/g Wireless Technology
Media Card Drive See Direct Photo Printing section for Acceptable Media

Cards

PictBridge See Direct Photo Printing section

Supplies

Ink cartridges Black: LC1000BK - Approx 500 A4 pages
(pages in normal mode Cyan: LC1000C - Approx 400 A4 pages
@ 5% coverage) Magenta: LC1000M - Approx 400 A4 pages

Yellow: LC1000Y - Approx 400 A4 pages

Brother Paper BP61GLP: 4 x 6" glossy photo paper, 20 sheets, 50 sheets.

BP61GLA: A4 glossy photo paper, 20 sheets
BP60MA: A4 matt inkjet paper, 25 sheets
BP60PA: A4 inkjet plain paper, 250 sheets

Weights & Dimensions

With Carton 475(w) x 270(d) x 451(h)mm / 11.6kg
Without Carton 398(w) x 370(d) x 180(h)mm / 8.4 kg

Direct Photo Printing

PictBridge Allows the user to print directly from their PictBridge

compatible digital camera
PhotoCapture Centre™Compact Flash®(Type 1 only): 4MB - 2GB
Acceptable Media Cards Memory Stick®: 16MB - 128MB (Duo with Adaptor)

Memory Stick Pro™: 256MB - 1GB

MultiMediaCard

™

: 16MB - 1GB
Secure Digital™: 16MB - 1GB (Mini SD with Adaptor)
xD-Picture Card™: 16MB - 512MB
xD-Picture Card™Type M: 256MB - 1GB
xD-Picture Card™Type H: 256MB - 1GB

Removable Disk Drive Save and retrieve files using any of the above listed

media cards

Image Format Photo Print: JPEG

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

Software

Driver Software Included Brother MFL-Pro Suite
Windows

®

Brother Control Centre3, ScanSoft®PaperPort®SE with OCR

Macintosh

®

Brother Control Centre2, NewSoft®Presto!®PageManager7

SYSTRAN®Web
Translator 5.0 Scan and translate document text or web pages without

having to leave Microsoft®Internet Explorer 6.0†by
integrating the Brother ControlCentre
and Scan-to-OCR functionality with SYSTRAN

®

WebTranslator 5.0

†

Microsoft®Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater

*

1.5pl(when used with Brother BP61paper, see Supplies section)

Colour Print

Colour Fax

Colour Scan

Colour Copy

Translations powered by

PhotoCapture Centre™

®

Crisp, clear prints are delivered
consistently, whether you’re printing simple
text documents or complex colour
presentations. You can send or receive
both mono and colour

faxes, with speed

dials making it easy to communicate with
your most regular contacts. Incoming and
ready-to-transmit messages can be stored
in the MFC-845CW’s sizeable memory. It
also has a stylish

DECT telephone

handset

and an answering machine.

The scanning software provided gives you
access to a range of features including

scan to e-mail, OCR, image and file
(including PDF). You can also translate a
scanned document, or even a web page,
into a number of languages using the
SYSTRAN® WebTranslator 5.0 software.

Producing quality

copies has never been

easier as the MFC-845CW’s flatbed
design enables bound documents to be
copied quickly, whilst the automatic
document feeder lets you copy multi-page
documents with the touch of a button.

The MFC-845CW offers borderless

photo

If you want a total business
communication solution
giving you colour printing,
faxing, scanning and
copying in one compact
unit, you need the
MFC-845CW. With flexible
networking, multi-users can
share its professional, high
quality office functions
whether in the home or
small office.

printing by using the PhotoCapture

Centre™. Print directly from your memory
card or transfer files and images to your
computer, without the need for a plug-in
card reader or specialist software. The
media card is shown as an additional drive
on your PC, enabling you to save and
retrieve photos and other documents with
ease. If you prefer, you can easily print your
photos directly from your digital camera by
using the PictBridge interface. The 2.5

" LCD

screens enables easy preview of your
images before you print them.

As the MFC-845CW is

network ready, with

either wired or wireless connectivity built-in,
your multiple users can instantly access and
share information and functions.

All Brother colour inkjet multifunction
products come complete with

individual

colour ink cartridges

so colours can be
replaced separately. For high quality printing
we recommend using original Brother
LC1000 cartridges with fade resistant ink
together with Brother BP61 glossy paper.

MFC-845CW

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Colour Print

Colour Fax

Colour Scan

Colour Copy

PhotoCapture Centre™