Brother mfc-890 Datasheet

10/100 TX Base Network Option

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NC-8100h

36 bit colour processing internally / 24 bit colour

TWAIN compliant,

Datasheet

MFC

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890

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Flatbed Colour Multi-function Centre
Colour Print

Colour Fax
Colour Copy
Colour Scan
PhotoCapture CentreTM

CORE FEATURES

2 line back-lit display with easy navigation keys
8MB standard memory
near edge feature
up to 30 sheet auto document feeder
100 sheet paper capacity
parallel & USB interfaces

COLOUR PRINTER

up to 16 ppm colour & up to 20 ppm mono
up to 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution for both colour and

mono
variable drop size from 5 pl
600 nozzles at 150 nozzles per colour
4 separate ink cartridges, black yield 950* pages and

colour yield is 450* pages
optical ink empty sensor

*Printing A4 paper at 5% coverage in draft mode

COLOUR FAX

colour faxing (ITU-T30E fax standard)

33.6k bps Super G3 fax modem
up to 400 pages memory**
MH / MR / MMR / JPEG compression
100 speed dials
memory security with transmission lock
remote set-up for Windows
PC fax send & receive for Windows (PC send

only for Mac) – B&W only
** ITU-T No 1 chart MMR coding, standard

resolution

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& MacOS X

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COLOUR COPIER

A4 Flatbed design
Up to 99 multi-copies with stack and sort features
25 - 400% in 1% increments zoom
up to 1200 x 1200 dpi copy resolution
2 in 1 & 4 in 1 reduction and poster enlargement

COLOUR SCANNER

fast scanning speed
up to 9600 dpi scan resolution, (interpolated)

output

scan to: e-mail / OCR / image / LAN†

WIA compliant

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LAN requires network option

PHOTOCAPTURE CENTRE
3 slots for SmartMedia, Compact Flash,

MemoryStick
removable disk drive function
scan-to-media card with pdf/jpeg (colour), tiff

(mono) format
view media station images through LAN† using

web browsing

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LAN requires network option

Features

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General

Engine Piezo Inkjet
Modem Speed 33,600 bps
Transmission Speed 3 seconds (Brother #1 Chart, MMR)
ITU-T group compatibility Super G3
Data Compression MH / MR / MMR / JPEG
Input / Output Width Up to 216 mm
ADF ( Auto Document Feed ) Up to 30 sheets can be placed in the document feeder and fed one at a time automatically.
LCD Display Size 2 line of 16 characters with Back lit display
On-Screen Programming Step by step prompts are displayed within the LCD in order to facilitate programming machine options

and settings.
Backup for clock Keeps time and date backed up for up to 1 hr
Total Memory Capacity 8 MB (RAM)
Simultaneous Operation (Print/Fax), (Print/Scan), (Print/Copy), (Fax/Copy)

Colour Printer

Speed Up to 20/16 – mono/colour @ 450 x 150 dpi

Up to 10/7 – mono/colour @ 600 x 300 dpi

Up to 3.5/2.5 – mono/colour @ 600 x 600 dpi

Up to 1.2/0.9 – mono/colour @ 1200 x 1200 dpi
Resolution dpi Up to 2400 x 1200
Paper Capacity (Sheets) 100 sheets can be stored in the paper tray
Output Paper Capacity 50 sheets can be stored in the output paper tray
Paper Handling Size / type A4 / A5 / EXE / LTR / Leg / Postcard / Photo / Index card / OHP / Envelopes
Near edge printing This feature enables you to print to within 3mm of all edges of a sheet of A4 paper
Standard Print Language Windows GDI
Printer Driver Compatible with Windows95/98/98(SE)/Me/WinNT4.0/2000Professional/XP

MacOS 8.5.1 - 10.1
Colour Enhancement True2Life

Colour Fax

Colour Fax Send, receive and memory receive only. (Not possible to memory send in colour).
Automatic Redial Automatic redialling if the recipient fax is busy
Speed Dials 100 speed dial locations easily accessible using the navigation keys.
Group Dial A combination of up to 6 speed dial and telephone index numbers can be stored in one speed dial

location and accessed using the navigation keys.
Telephone Index An electronic, alphabetical listing of Speed Dials and Group numbers.
Chain Dialling Allows the user to store parts for long dialling sequences in different Speed Dial locations.
Station ID This is the name and number identifier of the machine
Remote Maintenance Allows a call centre to maintain a users fax machine without leaving the office.
Fax / Tel Switch The machine automatically answers every call, incoming faxes are printed or stored to memory,

telephone calls will generate a pseudo ring
Distinctive Ring Detection A service purchased from the Telephone Company that allows two or more telephone numbers to share

a single fixed line, the function enables the machine to differentiate between different incoming calls.
Speaker/Ring volume 3 Steps and off
Super Fine Enables quality transmission of very small print and line drawings, (Mono only)
Grey Scale 256 levels
Contrast This allows the user to change the contrast between Auto / light / dark
Enhanced Remote Activate Transfer a fax call, answered at an extension phone, to the fax machine
Delayed Timer Up to 50
Polling Type Standard and Sequential receive and transmit
Transmit Lock This allows the user to prevent unauthorised access to the fax machine.
Quick-Scan (Memory Transmission) Reduce scanning times by scanning a fax into memory before sending.
Out of Paper Reception/Memory
Transmission Up to 400 pages (ITU-T No 1Chart, MMR)
Broadcasting Send the same fax message to up to 150 separate locations
Manual Broadcasting Allows the user to manually select a number of speed dials and send the same fax message to different

locations.
Batch Transmission Stores documents for the same location in the machines memory for transmission in a single call.
Next Fax Reservation By loading a document in the ADF and entering the dialling location the user can prepare a fax for

transmission whilst the machine is already receiving a call.

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