Brother MFC-260C Colour Inkjet Printer
September 27, 2008
Printers have become an essential requirement in the offices and any organisations. The main objective of this unit is to produce the hard copy from the systems. Brother MFC-260C Colour Inkjet Printer is one such unit that offers qualitative print outs.
Outline
This printer functions as a Fax, copier, and scanner and in every ways plays the role perfectly. Inkjet is the printing technology used in this machine and copier uses digital technology. Printing can be done through the memory card or through the USB flash drive. The compact size of a dimension of (Width) 39.8 cm, (Depth) 37 cm, (Height) 18 cm and weight of 8 kg makes it suitable for small office too.
Other factors considered
This colour inkjet multifunctional printer supports an overall memory of 16 MB. In addition to that the flash memory supported are Memory Stick, Compact Flash, SD Memory Card, Multi Media Card, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick PRO and USB flash drive. In case of the printing feature the unit features a printing resolution of Up to 6000 x 1200 dpi in mono and colour. Faster printing is made possible with a speed of 27 ppm for monochrome prints and 22 ppm for colour.
Cartridges featured are of 4 numbers which includes colours such as cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Brother Innobella ink is the ink type used in the unit with a minimum ink droplet size of 1.5 pl.
Scanning, Faxing and Copier functions
Scan element featured in the unit is CIS with an optical resolution of 600 x 2400 dpi. The interpolated resolution can be calculated as 19200 x 19200 dpi which determines the high quality scanning. The grey scale depth is 8 bit and colour depth is 24 bit. The internal depth of colour is 36 bit.
PC faxing is integrated in this Brother MFC-260C Inkjet Printer which adds to the efficiency of the unit. Maximum speed featured is 14.4 Kbps which offers rapid completion of the work. This fax is G3 compatible. MH, MR, MMR and JPEG are the supported data compression system supported by the unit. Total memory capacity of the printer is 200 pages with a reception and transmission memory of 170 pages. Enhanced fax features include provision of error correction mode, 40 stations speed dialling and broadcast transmission of 90 stations. Media size supported varies from 148 x 148 mm minimum to Legal (216 x 356 mm) maximum. Document feeder capacity of the unit is 10 sheets.
When considering the copier functions the unit out stands many individual copiers. In this case it has a copy speed of 20 ppm monochrome and 18 ppm of colour. High quality output is produced with a copier resolution of up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (mono) / up to 1200 x 600 dpi (colour). Document size can be reduced and enlarged up to 25% to 400%.
Media capabilities
The minimum and the maximum copy weight of the unit are 64 g/m2 and 240 g/m2 respectively. Supported media includes Transparencies, plain paper, and recycled paper. Border less photo size are ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A6 (105 x 148 mm) and 100 x 150 mm. Standard media capacity is of 100 sheets and output tray capacity of 50 sheets. Other details regarding the media handling are Output tray - 50 sheets having size A4 (210 x 297 mm), input tray with a capacity of 100 sheets, ADF - 10 sheets of size Legal (216 x 356 mm).
Technicalities
USB, USB host is the available PC connections which promote to the unhindered connectivity. MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple MacOS X 10.2.4 or later, MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows Vista (64-bit versions) are the operational systems supported.
Software’s supported are Drivers & Utilities, Presto! PageManager and ScanSoft PaperPort SE. PictBridge and POF are the features that support direct printing. Proper functioning of the unit is made possible within a temperature of 10 °C to 35 °C and humidity range of 20 – 80%.
Enhanced features
This Brother inkjet printer is capable of printing digital images direct from Compact Flash 1, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, XD Picture Card plus type M and H Multimedia card. Featured modem has a speed of 14400bps.
All the above mentioned makes this printer a better copier, scanner and fax machine apart from being a printer. Bring this unit and you can get the benefit of the multifunctional device.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Brother |
| Model | MFC-260C |
| Functionality | Printing, copying, scanning, faxing |
| Technology | Ink jet |
| Output Type | Colour |
| Weight | 8 kg |
| Dimension | (W) 39.8 cm x (D) 37 cm x (H) 18 cm |
| Speed | 27 ppm (monochrome and colour) |
| Resolution | 6000 x 1200 dpi |
| Memory | 16 MB |
| Interface | USB, USB host |
| Platform | MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple MacOS X 10.2.4 or later, MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows Vista (64-bit versions |
| USB Cable | Yes |
| Number of colours | 4, cyan, magenta, yellow, black |
| Print technology | |
| Printing method | Inkjet |
| Droplet size | 1.5 pl |
| Ink system | Brother Innobella ink |
| PictBridge port | Yes |
| Print speed | |
| Black text | 27 ppm |
| Colour text | 22 ppm |
| Paper Handling | |
| Total Media Capacity | 100 sheets |
| Input Tray Capacity | 100 sheets |
| Output Tray Capacity | 50 sheets |
| Media type and sizes | ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), A4 (210x 297 mm), A6 (105 x 148 mm), 100 x 150 mm |
| Ink cartridges | |
| Type | Brother Innobella ink |
| Multifunction Features | |
| Scanner Resolution | 600 x 2400 dpi |
| Fax Speed | 14.4 Kbps |
| Copying | Yes |
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