Printing has become an inevitable task and thus printers play a crucial role in
every organization whether big or small. Brother has come up with their Brother MFC-5860CN Laser Printer that caters to all your printing tasks. This unit requires very little space as it has a compact dimension of (Width) 44 cm, (Depth) 39.2 cm, (Height) 30.2 cm and has a weight of 10.6 kg.
Technical aspects
This unit is a multifunctional unit that performs the task of faxing, copying and scanning apart from printing. Ink jet is the printing technology and supports colour prints. Enhanced clarity prints are made possible with 6000 x 1200 dpi resolution. Lightening speed is facilitated with 30 ppm for monochrome prints and up to 25 ppm for colour prints.
This Brother laser printer supports a memory of 32 MB and Memory Stick, CompactFlash, SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card and Memory Stick PRO are the included memory flash. Supported ink cartridges are 1 each: cyan, magenta, yellow, black with a minimum droplet size of 1.5 pl. PictBridge is the direct printing feature included in the unit.
Media handling
Transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, cards, coated paper are the supported media type which has a size of 148 x 148 mm to Legal (216 x 356 mm). Standard media memory is calculated as 350 sheets and output tray capacity of 50 sheets. Details regarding the media handling are ADF – 35 sheets size of 148 x 148 mm – Legal (216 x 356 mm), Input tray – 100 sheets, Output tray – 50 sheets – Legal (216 x 356 mm) and Input tray – 250 sheets. Monthly duty cycle is 4000 prints.
Functions other than printing
The unit excels in fields such as copying, faxing and scanning. Digital is the copier type that has a speed of 22 ppm for monochrome prints and up to 20 ppm for colour prints. 1200 x 1200 dpi is the supported copier resolution. Maximum document enlargement and reduction is 400% and 25% respectively. Maximum copies featured are 99.
Plain paper is the featured fax type and offers rapid performance. The unit is compatible with Super G3 and supports a maximum transmission speed of 33.6 Kbps. MH, MR, MMR and JPEG is the data compression system and supports a resolution of 203 x 392 dpi. The transmission memory capacity is said to be 480 pages. Enhanced fax features allow effective handling of the unit. There are provisions for EMR, fax switch, 150 broadcast stations and 50 delayed stations. Fax forwarding, automatic redialling and colour faxing are additional options included in this printer.
EIS is the scan element that offers effective scanning output. It supports 1200 x 2400 dpi and 24 bit of colour support. Windows/Mac OS is the scanner driver. TIFF, JPEG, BMP, MAX, HTM, PCX, DCX, PNG, FPX, PDF is the supported formats and Email, Image, OCR, File, Card are scanning features.
Other factors
USB, Ethernet 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX are the available PC connections and TCP/IP is the network protocols. MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple MacOS X 10.2.4 or later, MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition are the supported OS. Soundless operation is facilitated with a sound level of 50 dB. Proper functioning is made possible within a temperature zone of 10 °C to 35 °C and humidity range of 20 – 80%. In short Brother MFC-5860CN Multifunctional Laser Printer does all your requirements and important tasks of the office. It is less of a printer and more of a multifunctional unit.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Brother |
| Model | MFC-5860CN |
| Functionality | Multifunctional |
| Technology | Inkjet printing |
| Output Type | Colour |
| Weight | 10.6 kg |
| Dimension | (Width) 44 cm, (Depth) 39.2 cm, (Height) 30.2 cm |
| Speed | 30 ppm for monochrome prints and up to 25 ppm for colour prints |
| Resolution | 6000 x 1200 dpi |
| Memory | 32 MB |
| Noise Level | 50 dB |
| Platform | MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple MacOS X 10.2.4 or later, MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition |
| Print technology | |
| Printing method | Inkjet |
| Borderless Printing | Yes |
| Duplex printing | Yes |
| PictBridge port | Yes |
| Print speed | |
| Black text | 30 ppm |
| Colour text | 25 ppm |
| Paper Handling | |
| Total Media Capacity | 350 sheets |
| Input Tray Capacity | 250 sheets |
| Output Tray Capacity | 50 sheets |
| Paper Size | 148 x 148 mm to Legal (216 x 356 mm) |
| Media type | Transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, cards, coated paper |
| Ink cartridges | |
| Type | 4-Cartridge Ink System |
| Multifunction Features | |
| Scanner Resolution | 1200 x 2400 dpi |
| Scanner Type | EIS |
| Fax Speed | 33.6 Kbps |
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