Brother MFC 8440 User Manual

							
GLOSSARY   G - 4
Manual fax  When you lift the handset of your external telephone or 
press 
Hook so you can hear the receiving fax machine answer 
before you press Start to begin transmission.
Menu mode   Programming mode for changing your MFC’s settings.
MFL-Pro Suite   Turns your MFC into a printer and a scanner and 
enables PC faxing using the MFC.
OCR (optical character recognition)   The bundled ScanSoft
® 
OmniPage® software application converts an image of text to text 
you can edit.
One-Touch   Keys on the MFC control panel where you can store 
numbers for easy dialing. You can store a second number on 
each key if you press 
Shift and the One-Touch key together.
Out of Paper Reception   Receives faxes into the MFC’s memory 
when the machine is out of paper.
Overseas Mode   Makes temporary changes to the fax tones to 
accommodate noise and static on overseas phone lines.
Paging   This feature enables your MFC to call your pager when a fax 
is received into its memory.
Pause   Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in the dialing 
sequence stored on Speed-Dial numbers. Press 
Pause as many 
times as needed for longer pauses.
Photo resolution   A resolution setting that uses varying shades of 
gray for the best representation of photographs.
Polling   The process of a fax machine calling another fax machine 
to retrieve waiting fax messages.
Pulse    A form of rotary dialing on a telephone line.
Real Time Transmission   When memory is full, you can send faxes 
in real time.
Remaining jobs   You can check which jobs are waiting in memory 
and cancel jobs individually.
Remote Retrieval Access   The ability to access your MFC remotely 
from a touch tone phone.
 
						

							
G - 5   GLOSSARY
Remote Access Code   Your own four-digit code that allows you to 
call and access your MFC from a remote location.
Resolution   The number of vertical and horizontal lines per inch. 
See: Standard, Fine, Super Fine and Photo.
Ring Delay   The number of rings before the MFC answers in FAX 
mode.
Ring Volume   Volume setting for the MFC’s ring.
Scanning   The process of sending an electronic image of a paper 
document into your computer.
Search   An electronic, alphabetical listing of stored One-Touch, 
Speed-Dial and Group numbers.
Speed-Dial   A preprogrammed number for easy dialing. You must 
press the 
Search/Speed Dial key and then #, and the three digit 
code to start the dialing process.
Standard resolution   203 x 97 dpi. It is used for regular size text 
and quickest transmission.
Station ID   The stored information that appears on the top of faxed 
pages. It includes the sender’s name and fax number.
Super fine resolution   203 x 391 dpi. Best for very small print and 
line art.
TAD (telephone answering device)   You can connect an external 
TAD to the EXT. jack of the MFC.
Telephone Answer Code (Fax/Tel mode)   When the MFC 
answers a voice call, it pseudo/double-rings. You can pick up at 
an extension phone by pressing this code (
# 51).
Temporary Settings   You can select certain options for each fax 
transmission and copy without changing the default settings.
Tone   A form of dialing on the telephone line used for Touch Tone 
telephones.
Toner cartridge    An accessory that holds toner for the drum unit on 
Brother laser models.
Toner Save    A process that causes less toner to be affixed to the 
page to extend the life of the toner assembly. This will make the 
receiving document significantly lighter.
 
						

							
GLOSSARY   G - 6
Transmission   The process of sending faxes over the phone lines 
from your MFC to the receiving fax machine.
Transmission Verification Report   A listing for each transmission, 
that shows its date, time and number.
True Type fonts   The fonts that are used in the Windows
® operating 
systems. If you install the Brother True Type fonts, more types of 
fonts will be available for Windows
® applications.
User Settings   A printed report that shows the current settings of 
your MFC.
 
						

							
S - 1   SPECIFICATIONS
S
Product description
The MFC-8440, MFC-8640D, MFC-8840D and MFC-8840DN are 5 in 1 
Multi-Function Centers: Printer, Copier, Color Scanner, Fax, and PC-FAX 
(via your PC). The MFC-8640D and MFC-8840D include Duplex Printing. 
The MFC-8840DN includes Duplex Printing and Network capability.
General
Specifications
Memory Capacity 16 MB (MFC-8640D)
32 MB (MFC-8440/8840D/8840DN)
Optional Memory 1 DIMM slot; Memory expandable up to 160 MB
Automatic Document 
Feeder (ADF) Up to 50 pages
Temperature: 68
°F - 86°F (20°C - 30°C)
Humidity: 50% - 70%
Paper: 20 lb or 75 g/m
2 Letter size
Paper Tray 250 Sheets (20 lb)
Multi-Purpose Tray 50 Sheets (20 lb) (MFC-8640D/8840D/8840DN only)
Manual Feed Tray Single sheet (20 lb) (MFC-8440 only)
Printer Type Laser
Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam 
scanning
LCD (Liquid Crystal 
Display) 22 characters 
× 5 lines
Warm-up Max. 18 seconds at 73.4
°F (23°C)
Power Source 120V AC 50/60Hz (USA, Canadian Version Only)
Power Consumption Average Operating (Copying): 450 W or less (25
°C)
Peak: 
Sleep: 
Standby:  1090 W or less 
14 W or less
16 W or less (When Network LAN board 
(NC-9100h) is installed.)
85 W or less (25
°C)
Dimensions 21.28 x 17.76 x 18.76 (in.)
532 × 444  × 469 (mm)
Weight Without Drum/Toner Unit:
MFC-8440: 36.6 lb/16.6 kg
MFC-8640D/8840D/8840DN: 39.9 lb/18.1 kg
Noise Operating:
Standby: 53 dB A or less
30 dB A or less
 
						

							
SPECIFICATIONS   S - 2
Print media
CopyGeneral (continued)
Temperature
Operating:
Storage:50 - 90.5°F (10 - 32.5°C)
32 - 104
°F (0 - 40°C)
Humidity Operating: 
Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
10 to 90% (without condensation)
Paper Input  Paper Tray ■Paper type:
Plain paper, recycled paper and 
transparencies, envelopes (Manual 
Feed/Multi-purpose Tray)
■ Paper size:
A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (ISO), B5 (JIS), 
Executive, A5, A6, B6 (ISO)
Weight: 16 - 28 lb (60 - 105 g/m
2) (Paper Tray)
For more details, see  Paper specifications for 
each paper tray  on page 2-4.
■ Maximum paper tray capacity: Approx. 250 
sheets of 20 lb (80 g/m
2) plain paper
■ Maximum multi-purpose tray capacity: Approx. 
50 sheets of 20 lb (80 g/m
2) plain paper
(MFC-8640D/8840D/8840DN only)
Manual Feed Tray/Multi-Purpose Tray
■ Paper size:
Width:
 20 lb 2.75 - 8.66 (69.8 - 220.0 mm)
Height:
 4.57 - 16.00 (116.0 - 406.4 mm)
Weight:
 16 - 43 lb (60 - 161 g/m2)
Paper Output Up to 150 sheets of plain paper (Face down print 
delivery to the output paper support)
Color/Monochrome Monochrome
Copy Speed Up to 21 copies/minute (Letter paper)
Up to 20 copies/minute (A4 paper)
Multiple Copies Stacks or Sorts up to 99 pages
Enlarge/Reduce 25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)
Resolution Max. 1200 x 600 dpi
 
						

							
S - 3   SPECIFICATIONS
Fax 
Compatibility ITU-T Group 3
Coding System MH/MR/MMR/JBIG
Modem Speed 33600-2400 bps
Automatic Fallback
Original Size ADF Width:  5.8 to 8.5 (148 mm to 216 mm)
ADF  Height:  5.8 to 14.0 (148 mm to 356 mm)
Scanner Width:  Max. 8.48 (212 mm)
Scanner Height:  Max. 14.0 (356 mm)
Scanning Width 8.2 inches (208 mm)
Printing Width 8.2 inches (208 mm)
Gray Scale 64 levels
Polling Types Standard, Sequential 
Contrast Control Automatic/Light/Dark
(manual setting)
Resolution   Horizontal 203 dot/inch (8 dot/mm)
 Vertical
  Standard 98 line/inch (3.85 line/mm)
  Fine, Photo 196 line/inch (7.7 line/mm)
  Superfine 392 line/inch (15.4 line/mm)
One-Touch Dial 40 (20 × 2)
Speed-Dial 300 stations
Automatic Redial one time 
Auto Answer 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 rings
Communication Source Public Switched Telephone Network.
Memory Transmission Up to 480
*1/400*2 pages
Out of Paper Reception Up to 480
*1/400*2 pages
*1“Pages” refers to the “Brother Standard Chart No. 1” (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, 
JBIG code). Specifications and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice.
*2Pages refers to the ITU-T Test Chart #1 (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, JBIG code). 
Specifications and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice.
 
						

							
SPECIFICATIONS   S - 4
Scanner
Color/Monochrome Color/Monochrome
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional 
and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0)
Mac OS
® 8.6 - 9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.1 or greater
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
® XP)
Resolution Up to 9,600 × 9,600 dpi (interpolated)*
Up to 600  × 2,400 dpi (optical)
* Maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi scanning with Windows® XP 
(resolution up to 9600 x 9600 dpi can be selected by using the 
Brother scanner utility)
Document Size ADF Width: 5.8 to 8.5 (148 mm to 216 mm)
ADF Height: 5.8 to 14.0 (148 mm to 356 mm)
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 8.5 (216 mm)
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 14.0 (356 mm)
Scanning Width 8.35 inches (212 mm)
Gray Scale 256 levels
■Scanning directly to a networked PC is available with 
Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP.
■ Mac OS
® X scanning is supported in Mac OS® X 10.2.1 or 
greater.
 
						

							
S - 5   SPECIFICATIONS
Printer
Interfaces
Emulation PCL6 (Brother Printing System for Windows® 
emulation mode of HP LaserJet) and BR-Script 
(PostScript
®) Level 3
Printer Driver Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and 
Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver 
supporting Brother Native Compression mode and 
bi-directional capability
Apple
® Macintosh® QuickDraw® Driver and 
PostScript (PPD) for Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2/
Mac OS® X 10.1/10.2.1 or greater
Resolution HQ1200 (Max. 2400 × 600 dots/inch)
Print Quality Normal printing mode
Economy printing mode (saves toner usage)
Print Speed Up to 21 pages/minute letter size
(when loading paper from paper tray)
Duplex Printing Up to 9 pages/minute: (MFC-8640D/8840D/ 
8840DN only)
(9 sides per minute, 4.5 sheets per minute)
First Print Up to 12 seconds (using letter size paper in paper 
tray)
Interface Recommended Cable
Parallel A bi-directional shielded parallel cable that is 
IEEE 1284 compliant and not longer than
6 feet (2 m).
USB A USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable that is not longer than
6 feet (2 m).
■Please make sure that you use a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified 
cable if your computer uses a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.
■ Even if your computer has a USB 1.1 interface you can 
connect the MFC.
 
						

							
SPECIFICATIONS   S - 6
Computer requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Computer Platform & Operating 
System Version
Processor 
Minimum 
Speed  Minimum 
RAMRecommended 
RAMAvailable Hard Disk 
Space
for 
Drivers
for 
Applications*2
Windows® *1 
Operating 
System 98, 98SE Pentium II 
or 
equivalent32 MB 64 MB 90 MB 130 MB
Me
NT
® Workstation 
4.0 64 MB 128 MB
2000 
Professional
XP 128 MB 256 MB 150 MB 220 MB
Apple
® 
Macintosh® 
Operating 
SystemMac OS® 
8.6 - 9.2
(Printing, 
Scanning and 
PC-FAX Send 
Only) All base models meet 
minimum Requir ements64 MB 80 MB 200 MB
Mac OS
® X 
10.1/10.2.1 or 
greater
(Printing, 
Scanning*
3 and 
PC-FAX Send 
Only) 128 MB 160 MB
NOTE:  All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.
For the latest drivers, go to the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/
*
1 Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5 or greater.
*2 Application software is different for Windows® and Macintosh®.
*3 Scanning is supported in 10.2.1 or greater.
 
						

							
S - 7   SPECIFICATIONS
Consumable items
Toner Cartridge Life 
Expectancy TN-540: Standard Toner Cartridge - Up to 3,500*
pages
TN-570: High Yield Toner Cartridge - Up to 6,700* 
pages
* (when printing letter size or A4 paper at 5% print coverage)
Toner life expectancy will vary depending upon the 
type of average print job.
Drum Unit Life 
Expectancy Up to 20,000 pages/drum unit (DR-510)
There are many factors that determine the actual 
drum life, such as temperature, humidity, type of 
paper, toner you use and number of pages per print 
job.