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MFC-J4540DW Professional 4-in-1 colour inkjet printer for home working

Professional 4-in-1 inkjet printer with wireless connectivity, high yield inbox ink cartridges and 400 sheet capacity. Your home office business partner.

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Product Details

  • Print, copy, scan & fax functionality
  • Wired / Wireless / mobile connectivity / NFC
  • Automatic A4 2-sided print | 20 Sheet  automatic document feeder (ADF)
  • 400 Sheet paper capacity
  • 6.8cm LCD touchscreen
  • Standard yield inks: BK 3000 pages, CMY 1500 pages*
     
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Product Overview

The trendy MFC-J4540DW is a business-quality multifunction device offering print, copy, scan and fax functionality. Print from your workstation, anywhere in the house or from your mobile device via the wireless options. Alternatively, NFC compatibility lets you print quickly and easily with the swipe of your mobile or tablet.

The list of features is endless with the MFC-J4540DW – add to this its high yield standard ink cartridges printing up to 3000 pages black and 1500 pages in colour*, reducing your print costs, it’s a textbook home office business partner.

 

*Calculated in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711

 

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Specifications

General

Printer Type Colour
Function Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Technology Inkjet
Maximum Paper Size A4
Connectivity USB, Wired, Wireless
Memory Internal (128MB)
Control Panel Touchscreen
Display Yes
Ink Page Gauge Yes
Processor 576

Printing (1)

One Sided Print Speed A4 Mono 20 (images per minute)
One Sided Print Speed A4 Colour 19 (images per minute)
Two Sided Print Speed A4 Mono 11 (images per minute)
Two Sided Print Speed A4 Colour 10 (images per minute)
First print out time (2) Colour (5.9 seconds), Mono (5.8 seconds)
Mobile Print Yes
Automatic 2 sided print Yes
Print Languages GDI
Quiet Mode Yes
Duty Cycle Up to 2,000 pages
Printer Functions N-up Printing, Poster Printing, ID Printing, Booklet Printing, Print Profiles, Watermark Printing

EnergyConsumption

Consumption Copying (21.0W), Power Off (0.2W), Sleep (1.2W)

Paper Handling (11)

Paper input Automatic Document Feeder (20 sheets), Manual Feed Slot (1 sheet), Standard (Tray 1) (150 sheets), Lower Trays (250 sheets)
Paper output A4 (100 sheets)
Media Sizes Standard (Tray 1) (A23, LTR, EXE, A5, A6, Photo (10 x 15cm), Indexcard (13 x 20cm), Photo-2L (13 x 18cm), C5 Envelope, DL Envelope, Com-10, Monarch, LGL, Folio, Photo-L (9 x 13cm), Mexico Legal, India Legal), Scanner Glass (Width: up to 215.9 mm, Length: up to 297.0 mm), Auto 2-Sided (A23, LTR, EXE, A5), Multi Purpose Tray (A23, LTR, LGL, A5, A6, Folio, Indexcard (13 x 20cm), Photo (10 x 15cm), Photo-2L (13 x 18cm), Photo-L (9 x 13cm), Monarch, DL Envelope, C5 Envelope, Mexico Legal, India Legal, EXE, Com-10), Automatic Document Feeder (Length: 148 to 355.6 mm), Lower Trays (A23, LGL, LTR, Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal, A5, EXE)
Media Types and Weights Standard (Tray 1) (Plain, Recycled, Glossy, Inkjet, 64 - 220g/m2), Manual feed slot (Plain, Recycled, Inkjet, Glossy, 64 - 300g/m2), Auto 2-Sided (Plain, Recycled, 64 - 105g/m2), Automatic Document Feeder (Plain, Recycled, 64 - 90g/m2), Lower Trays (Plain, Recycled, 64 - 120g/m2)
Envelope Printing Yes

Copying

One Sided Copy Speed A4 Colour 10.5
One Sided Copy Speed A4 Mono 13
Two Sided Copy Speed A4 Colour 4.5
Two Sided Copy Speed A4 Mono 5
First copy out time Mono (10.5 seconds), Colour (13.0 seconds)
Copy Functions Multi-Copying/Stack/Sort, Enlargement/Reduction Ratio %, N in 1 Copying, Poster

In the box

Content Power supply cord, Quick setup guide, Product safety guide, Warranty, Device, Supplies, User guide

Scanning

Scanner type CIS (Contact Image Sensor)
Colour And Mono Scanning Yes
Resolution Optical
Colour Depth Input (30 bit Colour Processing), Output, 24 bit Colour Processing
Inkjet Scan Grey Scale Output (8 bit colour Processing), Input (10 bit colour Processing)
One Sided Scan Speed A4 Colour (3) 7
One Sided Scan Speed A4 Mono (3) 17

Network

WiFiDirect Yes
WiredNetworkSecurity SSL/TLS (IPPS, HTTPS, SMTP), 802,1x (EAP-MD5, EAP-FAST, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS), SMTP-AUTH, SNMP v3, Kerberos, IPsec

Scanner functions

Standard Functions Scan to (USB, Network, SharePoint, SFTP, FTP, File, Image, OCR, Email)
Scan Features Auto Crop, Auto Deskew, Base Colour Removal, Multi page PDF

Faxing

Scan Drivers Windows (Windows 11, Windows 10, TWAIN, WIA, Windows 8), Macintosh (10.8.x, TWAIN), Visit support,brother,com for the full list of supported OS and to download the latest drivers and software,

Faxing

Fax Auto Reduction, Broadcasting, Memory Transmission, Out of Paper Reception, PC-Fax Send and Receive

Supplies And Accessories (9)

Cartridges BK (LC426BK - 3000 pages, LC426XLBK - 6000 pages), C, M, Y (LC426CMY - 1500 pages, LC426XLCMY - 5000 pages)

Carton Contents

Carton Contents Power supply cord, Quick setup guide, Product safety guide, Warranty, Device, Supplies, User guide

Dimensions And Weights

Dimensions With Carton 497mm (W) x 312mm (D) x 464mm (H)
Weight With Carton 12.6
Dimensions Without Carton 435mm (W) x 372mm (D) x 250mm (H)
Weight Without Carton 10.4

Duty Cycle

Recommended Monthly Volume Up to 2,000 pages

Operating Environment

Power Consumption Copying (21.0W), Power Off (0.2W), Sleep (1.2W)
Sound Pressure Printing (57.0dB)

Connectivity

Local interface USB 2.0 Host (Front), Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Wireless network interface 2.4GHz: IEEE 802.11b/g/n (InfrastructureMode), IEEE 802.11g (Wi-Fi Direct)
WiFi Direct Yes

Mobile Connectivity

Mobile and Web Connectivity Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPad / iPhone), Apple AirPrint, Brother Print Service Plugin, Mopria®, Brother Apps, Web Connect

Security Features

Wired Network Security SSL/TLS (IPPS, HTTPS, SMTP), 802,1x (EAP-MD5, EAP-FAST, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS), SMTP-AUTH, SNMP v3, Kerberos, IPsec
Wireless network security WEP 64/128 bit, WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES), SSID (32 chr)
IP Filter Yes
IPv4 ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (AutoIP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNSResolver, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, TFTP server, ICMP, Web Services (Print), Web Services (Scan), SNTPClient, mDNS, HTTP Server, IPP
IPv6 NDP, RA, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port / Port9100, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, TFTP server, ICMPv6, SNTP Client, Web Services (Print), Web Services(Scan), HTTP Server, IPP

Caveats

  • [1] Print Speeds based on ISO/IEC 24734
  • [2] FPOT (First Print Out Time) based on ISO/IEC 17629
  • [3] Scan Speeds based on ISO/IEC 17991
  • [9] Approx. declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711
  • [11] Capacity calculated with 80gsm paper

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