Brother MFC 215 User Manual

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 2
Dimensions 
(MFC-215C) (MFC-425CN)
Weight 5.5 kg (MFC-215C)
6 kg (MFC-425CN)
Noise Operating: 42.5 to 51 dB*
* It depends on printing conditions
TemperatureOperating:
Best Print 
Quality:10 - 35°C
20 - 33°C
Humidity Operating:
Best Print 
Quality: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
20 to 80% (without condensation)

 
  
 

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S - 3   SPECIFICATIONS
Print media
Paper Input  Paper Tray
■Paper type:
Plain paper, inkjet paper (coated paper), glossy 
paper*
2, transparencies*1*2 and envelopes 
■ Paper size:
Letter, Legal*
3, Executive, A4, A5, A6, JIS_B5, 
envelopes (commercial No.10, DL, C5, 
Monarch, JE4), Photo card, Index card and 
Post card.
For more details, see  Paper weight, thickness 
and capacity  on page 1-12.
■ Maximum paper tray capacity: Approx. 100 
sheets of 80 g/m
2 plain paper
Paper Output Up to 25 sheets of A4...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 4
Copy
Colour/Black Colour/Black
Document Size 
(MFC-215C) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Document Size 
(MFC-425CN) ADF Width: 147 mm to 216 mm
ADF Height: 147 mm to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Copy Speed Black
Up to 17 pages/minute (A4 paper)*
Colour Up to 11 pages/minute (A4 paper)*
* Does not include the time it takes to feed the paper.
Based on Brother standard pattern. (Fast mode/Stack Copy)
Copy...

S - 5   SPECIFICATIONS
PhotoCapture Center
Available Media CompactFlash®
(Type I only)
(Microdrive™ is not compatible)
(Compact I/O card such as Compact LAN card  and Compact Modem card are not supported.)
SmartMedia
® (3.3V)
(Not available for use with ID)
Memory Stick
®
Memory Stick Pro™
(Not available for music data with MagicGate™)
SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™
xD-Picture Card™*
* xD-Picture Card™ Type M support
File Extension
(Media Format)
(Image Format) DPOF, EXIF, DCF
Photo Print: JPEG* 
Scan to...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 6
Fax 
Compatibility ITU-T Group 3
Coding System MH/MR/MMR/JPEG
Modem Speed Automatic Fallback
14400 bps 
Document Size 
(MFC-215C only) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Document Size 
(MFC-425CN) ADF Width: 147 mm to 216 mm
ADF Height: 147 mm to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width 208 mm
Printing Width 204 mm
Gray Scale 256 levels
Polling Types
(MFC-425CN only) Standard, Secure, Timer, Sequential:...

S - 7   SPECIFICATIONS
Scanner
Communication Source Public switched telephone network and PBX.
Memory Transmission Up to 200*
1/170*2 pages (MFC-215C)
Up to 480*1/400*2 pages (MFC-425CN only)
Out of Paper Reception Up to 200*
1/170*2 pages (MFC-215C)
Up to 480*1/400*2 pages (MFC-425CN only)
*1“Pages” refers to the “Brother Standard Chart No. 1” (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, 
MMR code). Specifications and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice.
*2Pages refers to...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 8
Printer
Interfaces
Printer Driver Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP 
driver supporting Brother Native Compression 
mode and bi-directional capability
Brother Ink Driver
For Mac OS
® 9.1-9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Resolution Up to 1200 x 6000 dots per inch (dpi)*
1200 x 1200 dots per inch (dpi)
600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi)
600 x 150 dots per inch (dpi)
* Output image quality varies based upon many factors including 
but not limited to input image resolution and...

S - 9   SPECIFICATIONS
Computer requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Computer Platform & Operating 
System Version Processor 
Minimum 
Speed Minimum 
RAM
Recommended 
RAMAvailable Hard Disk 
Space
for 
Drivers
for 
Applications
Windows® 
Operating 
System 98, 98SE Pentium® II 
or 
equivalent 32 MB 64 MB 90 MB 130 MB
Me
2000 
Professional 64 MB 128 MB
XP 128 MB 256 MB 150 MB 220 MB
XP Professional 
x64 Edition 
(Download from 
http://solutions.
brother.com) Athlon
®64 
Opteron 
Xeon
®& 
Pentium®4...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 10
Consumable items
Ink The machine uses individual Black, Yellow, Cyan 
and Magenta ink cartridges that are separate from 
the print head assembly.
Service Life of Ink 
Cartridge Black - Approximately 500 pages at 5% coverage 
Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 400 
pages at 5% coverage
 The above figures assume continuous printing at 
a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi in normal mode after 
installing new ink cartridge.
 The number of pages a cartridge will print may  change...

S - 11   SPECIFICATIONS
Network (LAN) (MFC-425CN only)
LAN You can connect your machine to a network for 
Network Printing, Network Scanning, PC Fax Send 
and PC Fax Receive (Windows
® only). Also 
included is Brother BRAdmin Professional Network 
Management software.
Support for Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP
Mac OS® 9.1 - 9.2, Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Ethernet 10/100 BASE-TX Auto Negotiation
Protocols TCP/IP
ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, NetBIOS, 
WINS, LPR/LPD, Port9100, mDNS, FTP, 
TELNET, SNMP,...