Brother MFC 5490CN - Color Inkjet - All-in-One- User Manual

Technical Specifications

GENERAL

Printing Technology

Inkjet

Display

2 line x 16 characters

Memory Capacity

40MB

Interfaces

Hi-speed USB 2.0 / USB Direct

1

/ PictBridge™ /

Media Cards

Network

Built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX

Network Functionality

Print, Scan, PC Fax and PhotoCapture Centre™

Protocols

TCP / IP (IPv4 & IPv6)

COLOUR PRINTING

Print Speed

Up to 35 ppm (Monochrome) & 28 ppm (Colour)

Print Resolution

Up to 1,200 x 6,000 dpi

Borderless Printing

Available for A4, LTR, A6, Photo 4x6”, Index Card,
Photo-2L, Post Card 1

Colour Enhancement

Brother image enhancement allows you to customise
colour output

Minimum Droplet Size

1.5pl

2

(picolitres)

COLOUR FAXING

Modem Speed

33.6Kbps Super G3

Best Transmit Speed

Approximately 3 seconds

Data Compression

MH, MR, MMR (Monochrome), JPEG (Colour)

Fax / Tel Switch

Automatic recognition of fax and telephone reception

One-Touch Dials

6 locations

Speed Dials

100 locations for pre-stored numbers

Group Dials

Up to 6 groups

Automatic Redial

Automatic redial if the recipient fax is busy

Memory Transmission

Up to 400 pages

3

Out-of-Paper Reception

Up to 400 pages

3

Broadcasting Locations

Send the same fax message to up to 156 locations

Auto Reduction

Automatically reduces a received fax to fit onto a single
sheet of A4

ECM (Error Correction Mode) Yes
Fax Forwarding

Yes (Monochrome only)

Fax Retrieval

Yes (Monochrome only)

Dual Access

Scan a fax for transmission while receiving a fax
(Monochrome only)

COLOUR COPYING

Copy Speed

Up to 23 cpm (Monochrome) & 20 cpm (Colour)

Copy Resolution

Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi (Monochrome)
Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi (Colour)

Multi-copy

Produces up to 99 copies of each original

Enlargement / Reduction Ratio 25% - 400% in 1% increments
N-in-1

Reduce 2 or 4 pages onto a single sheet

Poster Printing

Enlarge an image to print onto 3 x 3 pages of A4 size
(available for A4 only)

COLOUR SCANNING

Colour and Monochrome
Scanning

Yes

Scanning Resolution

Optical

Up to 1,200 x 2,400 dpi

Interpolated Up to 19,200 x 19,200 dpi

Scan Speed

From 4 seconds (Monochrome) & from 5 seconds (Colour)
(A4 size, 100 x 100dpi)

Greyscale

256 shades of grey

Colour Depth

48 / 24-bit colour processing

“Scan” key

Allows the user to scan to E-mail, OCR, image, file,
card or a USB flash memory drive.
Supporting: JPEG, PDF, TIFF

PC FAXING

Sending

Yes, available for Windows

®

and Macintosh

®

Receiving

Yes, available for Windows

®

only

PAPER HANDLING

Paper Input

150 sheets standard paper tray
50 sheets Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Paper Output

50 sheets

Paper Handling Sizes

A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, JISB5, A5, A6, Photo 4x6”
(102x152mm), Index Card (127x203mm), Photo-2L
(127x178mm), Post Card 1 (100x148mm), Post Card
2 (148x200mm), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope,
Monarch, JE4 Envelope

Media Type

Plain, inkjet, glossy, transparency

DIRECT PHOTO PRINTING

PictBridge™

Print directly from a PictBridge™ enabled digital
camera

USB Direct Interface

Print directly from a USB flash memory drive

PhotoCapture Centre™
(Acceptable Media Cards)

Compact Flash: 4MB - 8GB (Type1 only, Type2 &
Microdrive are not compatible)
Memory Stick™: 16MB - 128MB (Memory Stick Duo™
with Adapter)
Memory Stick Pro™: 256MB - 8GB (MagicGate: Yes if
not using MG function)
Secure Digital: 16MB - 2GB (MiniSD with Adapter)
Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC): 4 - 8GB
xD Picture Card: 16MB - 512MB
xD Picture Card Type M / Type M+ /
Type H: 256MB - 2GB

Media Card Drive

Save and retrieve files using any of the above listed
media cards

Network Media Card Drive

Save and retrieve files using any of the above listed
media cards through the network

Image Format

Photo Print: JPEG
Scan to Card: JPEG, PDF (Colour), TIFF, PDF
(Monochrome)

SOFTWARE

Driver Software Included

Brother MFL-Pro Suite

Windows

®

Brother ControlCentre3, ScanSoft

™

Paperport

™

11 SE

with OCR

Macintosh

®

Brother ControlCentre2, NewSoft Presto!

®

PageManager

®

Reallusion FaceFilter Studio
Software

A simple and easy to use photo editor that enables you
to fine-tune your photos to print perfect, professional-
looking photos with or without borders

Supported Operating System

Windows Vista

®

/ Windows

®

XP Professional (32 &

64 bit editions) / XP Home Edition / Windows

®

2000

Professional (SP4) / Mac OS

®

X 10.2.4 or greater

CONSUMABLES

Innobella™ Ink Cartridges

4

LC-67BK

Black: up to 450 pages

LC-67
C / M / Y

Cyan / Magenta / Yellow: up to
325 pages each

Brother Paper

BP71GA4

Innobella™ A4 Glossy Photo Paper
(20 sheets)

BP71GP20 Innobella™ 4x6 Glossy Photo Paper

(20 sheets)

BP60MA

A4 Matte Inkjet Paper (25 sheets)

BP60PA

A4 Plain Inkjet Paper (250 sheets)

DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT

With Carton

525(W) x 490(D) x 325(H)mm / 13.7kg

Without Carton

440(W) x 403(D) x 222(H)mm / 9.6kg

1 Print & scan directly from / to a USB flash memory drive (supports up to 8GB).
Brother does not guarantee the compatibility of all brands of USB flash
memory drives.
2 When used with Brother BP71 photo paper - see Consumables section
3 ITU-T Test Chart #1 / MMR
4 Approximate page yields in accordance with ISO 24711. The supplied ink will be
lesser due to initial purging.

MFC-5490CN

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Brother strongly recommends the use of genuine Brother consumable products only.
Benefits include better quality prints, greater yields per consumable, protection of your
machine from damages and achievement of optimum performance. As a precaution,
please note that your machine warranty may not cover any damages arising from the use
of non-genuine consumables.

Brother International Corporation, Nagoya, Japan.

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of Brother Industries Ltd., Japan. All specifications are subject to change without notice. All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.

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MFC-5490CN

Print / Fax / Copy / Scan / PC Fax / Direct Print

6-in-1 Network-Ready Colour Inkjet

Multi-Function Centre

Network Ready All-in-one

with 50-Page Automatic Document Feeder

1.5

pl

Droplet Size

Direct Print From

USB Devices

4 Separate

Ink Cartridges

6000

dpi

1200 x

6000

1,200 x 6,000 dpi

Print Resolution

Print Speed -

35ppm (Mono)

28ppm (Colour)

Automatic

Document

Feeder

Super G3 Fax

o

Direct Phot

Print

High Paper

Capacity

150 sheets

Network

Ready