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: Brother’s colour laser printers are designed for full frontal operation. This means that changing of consumables and loading of paper are all done through the front drawer of the printer, giving you a greater level of convenience.

The front operation configuration enables routine operation and maintenance to be carried out with a minimum of hassle. Subsequently, space around the Brother Colour Laser Series can be used more efficiently.

Paper feed/discharge: carried out from the front.
Replenishing of consumables can also be carried out from the front.

: The built-in USB interface in our laser printers and MFCs has a Direct Print feature that enables you to print files and images stored in USB media devices. Alternatively, you can also scan documents and images and save them directly to your USB media devices.

Direct Print supports the following file formats – PDF, JPEG, Exif+ JPEG, PRN and TIFF.

Use a USB Direct Interface to print and/or save data without PC connection.

Directly prints data stored in the USB memory.
Support for PictBridge to allow direct printing of data from digital cameras.
Directly stores scanned data in the USB memory.

*Note that DCP-9040CN does not support this function

: The printer panel on the Brother Colour Laser Printer is tilted up at an angle, so that operating status is visible at a glance with LCDs operating in three colours.

Green : Ready to print/Printing/Warming up
Red : Error (There is a problem with the printer)
Orange : Choosing a menu

: Utilising an ergonomic design, the control panel acts as an intuitive interface for a broad range of users.

Layout of mode keys and buttons according to function.
Back light for greater visibility.
Separate [Start] buttons are provided for B/W and colour printing.

: In addition to a standard 250-sheet paper tray, two additional trays are provided: a 50-sheet tray for multiple paper types, and an optional tray* that can be added for one ream of paper (= 500 sheets). This results in an impressive total maximum paper capacity of 800 sheets of the same type of paper.

*Note that this optional tray cannot be added onto HL-4040/DCP-9040CN

: With the “Control Center3.0” utility software, a range of settings can be specified through a PC, for the machine. Editing or making additions to the Address Book can now be remotely but efficiently performed on your workstation.

: With full PictBridge compatibility, you can send images from your PictBridge-enabled digital camera directly to Brother’s colour laser printers for printing.

No computer is required to transfer your images to a printer for printing, saving you an extra step when you need photos printed.

Taking the woes out of paper loading

: We have special size sheets bearing our company logo for certificates and contract documents. When we want to print documents using these sheets, we have to replace the sheets in the normal paper tray with them. In addition, the paper tray does not hold one ream (500 sheets) of regular paper at a time, so we have to store the remaining sheets elsewhere. This makes our office look messy.

: A Brother printer comes with an MP tray holding 50 sheets of any size. Since it can hold special size paper, it significantly reduces the hassle of having to change paper. Furthermore, optional 500-sheet trays can be added. Because we can add an entire 500-sheet ream into each tray, we no longer have to worry about where to put the remaining sheets.

What should I do?

iminating the stress caused by replacing consumables

: It is only natural that high volume printing consumes a large amount of ink. But it is such a hassle trying to replace toner cartridges. Since our office is cramped, we put the printer on a shelf. When we need to replace the toner cartridge, we have to open the side panel of the printer. To do this, we need two staff members to take the printer off the shelf.

: Brother printers are designed for full frontal operation. For instance, if it is installed in a confined area enclosed on two sides by walls, changing of consumables, loading of paper and removal of jammed paper can all be accomplished simply by opening the front panel. It is easy for one person to replace consumables.

What should I do?

* The machines on this webpage are only a schematic image, so the actual machine may differ from this image. Please refer to brochures for more details.