Datasheet

1 Approx declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC19752.
2 Calculated with 80g/m² paper.
3 Windows
®
& Mac
®
only.
4 Windows
®
only.
5 Optional free download from the Brother Solutions Centre http://support.brother.com
6 Maximum number of printed pages per month can be used to compare designed durability between like Brother products.
For maximum printer life, it is best to choose a printer with a duty cycle that far exceeds your print requirements.
7 It is recommended to use the straight paper output path and the quiet mode feature with paper weights over 105g/m
2
.
General
Technology Electrophotographic Laser Printer
Laser Classification Class 1 Laser Product (IEC60825-1:2007)
Processor Cortex-A9 800MHz
Memory 128MB
Local Interface Hi-Speed USB 2.0 & IEEE1284 Parallel
(optional cable required for Parallel support
(PC-5000))
Control Panel 1 line, 16 character backlit LCD display
Print Speed Standard (A4) Up to 40ppm (pages per minute)
Print Speed 2-Sided (A4) Up to 20 sides per minute
(10 sheets per minute)
Resolution Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi
Quiet Mode A mode to reduce the printing noise by
reducing the print speed to 25ppm
Automatic 2-Sided Printing Print on to both sides of the paper
FPOT (First Print Out Time) Less than 7.2 seconds from ready mode
Print Languages PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript
®
3
TM
Language
Emulation), IBM Proprinter XL, Epson FX-850
PDF version1.7, XPS version 1.0
Embedded Fonts (PCL) 66 scalable fonts, 12 bitmap fonts,
13 barcodes
Embedded Fonts (Postscript) 66 scalable fonts
Embedded Barcodes (PCL) Code39, Interleaved 2 of 5, FIM
(US-PostNet), Post Net (US-PostNet), EAN-8,
EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, Codabar, ISBN
(EAN), ISBN (UPC-E), Code128 (set A, set B,
set C), EAN128 (set A, set B, set C)
Printer Functions
N-up Printing
3
Reduce up to 2, 4, 9, 16 or 25 A4 pages into
just one A4 page
(Mac, up to 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16)
Poster Printing
4
Enlarge 1 A4 page into a poster using 4, 9,
16 or 25 A4 pages
Watermark Printing
4
Watermark your documents with predefined
text or with your own user-defined messages
ID Printing
4
Add identification to your printed documents
(date & time, short custom message or
PC username)
Manual 2-Sided Print
4
Manual 2-sided printing
(recommended for media not
supported by automatic 2-sided print)
Booklet Printing
4
Print documents in A5 booklet format using
automatic or manual 2-sided print
Skip Blank Page
4
Ignores any blank pages in your documents
by not printing them
Print Profiles
3
Store your favourite driver settings as profiles
to easily recall them
Print Text In Black
4
Converts all text in your documents to black
when printed
Print Archive
4
An electronic carbon copy feature that saves
an electronic copy of all printed documents
as a PDF file
Carbon Copy
4
Prints additional copies of the same
document to paper taken from additional
paper trays
Printer Driver
Windows
®
Windows
®
10 (32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows
®
8 (32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows
®
7 (32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows Vista
®
(32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows
®
XP Professional (32 & 64 bit
editions) Windows
®
XP Home
Windows
®
Server 2012, 2012R2 & 2008R2
Windows
®
Server 2008 (32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows
®
Server 2003 (32 & 64 bit editions)
Macintosh
5
OS X 10.8.5, 10.9.x, 10.10.x, 10.11.x
Linux
5
CUPS, LPD/LPRng (32 & 64 bit editions)
PostScript Universal
Printer Driver
Driver for Windows
®
that enables you to print
to any network or locally-connected Brother
laser printer that supports PostScript
PCL Driver Universal PCL5e generic driver
Fleet Management Tools
Unattended Installer
4
Ability to centrally deploy and customise our
drivers and software
MSI Installer
4
Modular installers that can be distributed
through Active Directory
®
Paper Handling
Standard Paper Input
2
Lower Tray - 250 sheets
Multi Purpose Tray - 50 sheets
Optional Paper Input
2
250 sheet tray (LT-5500)
520 sheet tray (LT-6500)
Maximum of 2 optional trays
(LT-5500 & LT-6500 can be used together)
Paper Output
2
Face Down - 150 sheets
Face Up (Straight Paper Path) - 1 sheet
Media Specification
Media Types & Weights
8
Standard & Optional Trays -
plain, recycled, coloured and letterhead
paper (between 60 - 120g/m
2
)
Multi Purpose Tray -
plain, recycled, bond, coloured and
letterhead paper (between 60 - 200g/m
2
)
2-sided Print - plain, recycled, coloured and
letterhead paper (between 60 - 105g/m
2
)
Envelope & Label Printing Yes, from the Multi Purpose Tray: support for
10 envelopes up to 10mm total thickness
Media Sizes Standard Tray - A4, Letter, A5, A5 (Long
Edge), A6, Executive, Legal, Folio,
Mexico Legal, India Legal
Optional Tray - A4, Letter, A5, Executive,
Legal, Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal
Multi Purpose (MP) Tray - Width: 76.2mm
to 215.9mm x Length: 127mm to 355.6mm
2-sided Print - A4