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MFC-490CW

Wireless Network, Colour Inkjet Multifunction Printer

£116.00 (ex. VAT)

£136.30 (inc VAT)

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Key Benefits

  • Hi-speed super G3 faxing, 100 speed dials and 400 page memory
  • View and manipulate photo's without PC connection via the 3.3" wide LCD screen and built in photo enhance feature
  • Built in ethernet and wireless featuring easy one touch set-up

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  • Features

    The MFC-490CW multifunction printer is the perfect choice for the home or a small office. This compact unit can print, copy scan and fax in colour, it’s also easy to use with its 3.3” Wide LCD and one touch wireless network setup. With a media card centre, PictBridge and direct USB Port this feature rich all-in-one is also perfect for printing photographs.

  • General

    Ecology Power Save This model has an On/Off button on the control panel
    General usage Photo printing
    LCD 3.3" wide colour LCD screen
    Standard Memory 40 MB
    Technology Colour Inkjet
    Warranty 12 month
  • Printing

    Borderless Printing Borderless printing is available for A4/Ltr/A6/Photo Card/Index Card/Post Card
    Colour Enhancement Brother Image Enhancement allows the user to customise colour output
    Droplet Size Minimum droplet size of 1.5pl
    Photo print speed 30 seconds (6x4")
    Print Resolution Up to 6,000 x 1,200 dpi
    Printing Speed Monochrome Up to 33 ppm
    Colour Up to 27 ppm
  • Copying

    Copy Resolution Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi
    Copy Speed Colour Up to 20 cpm
    Monochrome Up to 22 cpm
    PC Free Copying Yes
    Reduction/Enlargement Ratio Reduce or Increase document sizes from 25% to 400% in 1% increments
  • Scanning

    Colour Depth This model has a 36 bit internal processing colour scanner
    Grey Scale 256 shades of grey are available for copying or scanning
    Scan resolution (enhanced) Up to 19,200 x 19,200 dpi
    Scan resolution (optical) Up to 1,200 x 2400 dpi
    Scan to Allows the user to scan to e-mail, OCR, Image or File (file for Windows‚ and MAC OSX 10.2.4 or greater) and USB memory stick including PDF format
  • Fax & Telephone

    Auto Reduction Long documents are automatically reduced to fit to A4
    Automatic Redial Automatic redialling if the recipient fax is busy
    Broadcasting Send the same fax message to up to 250 separate locations
    Colour Fax This model is capable of sending and receiving colour faxes to and from other colour capable fax machines, using the ITU.T-30E colour fax protocol. (Cannot send from memory in colour)
    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 provide a different ring tune for each number
    ECM (Error Correction Mode) Where machines share the ECM feature, errors during transmission are corrected automatically ensuring received documents are error free
    External TAD Interface Interface for connecting external telephone answering devices
    Fax / Telephone Switch Automatic recognition of fax and telephone reception
    Group Dials Up to 6 groups
    Modem Speed 33,600 bps
    Simultaneous Operation Yes
    Speed Dials 100 Speed Dial locations
    Telephone Index An electronic, alphabetical listing of stored speed dial and group numbers
    Transmit/Receive Memory Up to 400 pages
  • Photocapture Centre

    Photocapture Centre Print digital images directly from MemoryStick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, xD Picture Card Type M & H, Compact Flash
    PictBridge Support Yes
    Standalone Photo Enhance Yes
  • Paper & Handling

    ADF (Auto-Document-Feed) Up to 15 sheets
    Paper Output Up to 50 sheets
    Photo Paper Capacity Up to 20 sheets
    Standard Paper Capacity Up to 100 sheets
    Standard Paper Tray Media Sizes A4 / A5 / A6 / EXE / LTR / LGL / JISB5 / Photo 10 x 15cm, 89 x 127mm, 127 x 178mm / Postcard 100 x 148mm, 148 x 200mm / Index card 127 x 203mm / C5 Envelopes / COM 10 / DL / JE4 Envelope
    Type Plain / Inkjet / Glossy / Transparency
    Weights 64 – 220 g/m2
  • Connectivity

    Connection Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface as standard
    Easy Wireless Set Up Secure Easy Setup, WPS, AOSS
    Prints From USB Host Yes
    Wired Network Ready Yes
    Wireless Network Ready Yes
    Wireless Security WPA-PSK (TKIP), WPA2-PSK (TKIP&AES) LEAP, EAP-FAST
  • Measurements

    Dimension (w x d x h) With Carton 465 x 255 x 460 mm
    Without Carton 390 x 375 x 180 mm
    Weight With Carton 11.4 Kg
    Without Carton 8.2 Kg
  • Software & Drivers

    Printer Driver Macintosh Mac® OSX 10.2.4 or greater (includes auto installer program)
    Windows Compatible with Windows®2000/XP/Vista
  • Consumables & Options

    Consumables Individual colour ink cartridges - LC-1100BK, LC-1100C, LC-1100M, LC-1100Y
  • In The Box

    In The Box Consumables Black, Cyan Yellow and Magenta cartridges
    Paper Pack Brother Paper Pack
    Power Supply Cord Power supply cord
    Quick Set Up Giude Quick set-up guide
    Software Printing/ Scanning software for Windows and Macintosh (CD ROM) & Reallusion® FaceFilter Studio Software (CD ROM)
    Telephone Line Cord Telephone line cord
    User Guide User guide
  • Operating Systems

    symlinux Linux, free download from http://solutions.brother.com
    symmac Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater
    Windows-XP-&-Vista Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional (32 & 64 bit editions) / XP Home Edition, Windows 2000 Professional
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