MFC-250C

Compact Colour Inkjet Multifunction With Fax

£74.00 (ex. VAT)

£88.80 (inc VAT)

Key Benefits

  • Fast fax speed, 40 speed dials with 170 page memory for peace of mind
  • Pictbridge & USB host connection
  • Print fine detail with 6000 x 1200dpi resolution and 1.5pl droplet size
 
  • Features

    The MFC-250C multifunction printer offers high quality fast colour printing, copying, scanning and faxing in one compact unit. With its easy to use functions plus a PictBridge and Direct USB port for printing photographs, you'll find this will fit perfectly into your home lifestyle.

  • General

    Ecology Power Save This model has an On/Off button on the control panel
    General usage Photo printing
    LCD 1 Line 16 character LCD
    Standard Memory 32 MB
    Technology Colour Inkjet
    Warranty 1 year on-site (upon registration)
  • 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 49 seconds (6x4")
    Print Resolution Up to 6,000 x 1,200 dpi
    Printing Speed Monochrome Up to 27 ppm
    Colour Up to 22 ppm
  • Copying

    Copy Resolution Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi
    Copy Speed Colour Up to 18 cpm
    Monochrome Up to 20 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 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 14,400 bps
    Simultaneous Operation Yes
    Speed Dials 40 Speed Dial locations
    Telephone Index An electronic, alphabetical listing of stored speed dial and group numbers
  • Fax & Telephone

    Transmit/Receive Memory Up to 170 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
    PictBridge Support Yes
  • Paper & Handling

    Paper Output Up to 50 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 Full speed USB 2.0 interface as standard
  • Connectivity

    Prints From USB Host Yes
  • Measurements

    Dimension (w x d x h) With Carton 465 x 225 x 460 mm
    Without Carton 390 x 365 x 150 mm
    Weight With Carton 10.1
    Without Carton 7.2
  • 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 cartridge - LC-980BK, LC-9800C, LC-9800M, LC-980Y
  • 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 Guide 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

    Linux, free download from http://solutions.brother.com
  • Consumables

    LC980BK
    Black Inkjet Cartridge (Approx. 300 pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711) £19.19 
    LC980BKBP2
    LC980 blister pack contains:
    2 x LC980BK black ink cartridges
    (Approx. 300 pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711)
    £29.99 
    LC980C
    Cyan Inkjet Cartridge (Approx. 260 pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711) £10.79 
    LC980M
    Magenta Ink Cartridge (Approx. 260 pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711) £10.79 
    LC980RBWBP
    LC980 Rainbow-Pack includes:
    1 x LC980M Magenta ink cartridge
    1 x LC980Y Yellow ink cartridge
    1 x LC980C Cyan ink cartridge
    (Approx. 260 pages/cartridge in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711)
    £26.99 
    LC980VALBPRF
    LC980 value blister pack includes:
    1 x LC980BK Black ink cartridge
    1 x LC980M Magenta ink cartridge
    1 x LC980Y Yellow ink cartridge
    1 x LC980C Cyan ink cartridge
    (Approx. 260 A4 pages/cartridge colour and 300 A4 pages for black in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711)
    £43.19 
    LC980Y
    Yellow Inkjet Cartridge (Approx. 260 pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711) £10.79 
    BP60PA
    Brother A4 Inkjet paper £5.99 
    BP71GA4
    Premium Plus Glossy A4 Photo Paper £11.99 
    BP71GP50
    Premium Plus Glossy 6 x 4" Photo Paper £8.99 
  • Awards & Reviews

    Reviewer: Trusted Reviews Rating: 7 out of 10
    Date: 01-02-2009

    With the Brother MFC-250C you get built-in fax, good quality photo prints and easy maintenance.
  • Certificates

    Energy Star Compliant
    Blue Angel Certification