Brother MFC 5890CN - Color Inkjet - All-in-One- User Manual

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MFC-5890CN

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

6-in-1 Network-ready Colour Inkjet

Multi-Function Centre with A3 Printer

Network-ready All-in-one Office Companion with

A3 Print Capabilities and 3.3” W ide Colour LCD

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.

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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For more information regarding system requirements, please visit http://solutions.brother.com

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Technical Specifications

MFC-5890CN

GENERAL

Printing Technology

Inkjet

Display

Wide 3.3” Colour LCD Display

Memory Capacity

64MB

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)

Secure Function Lock

Restricts functions on the machine, such as fax or copying, to selected users

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 A3, A4, B4, LGR, LTR, A6, Photo 4x6”, Index Card, Photo-L,
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

80 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 216 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)

Internet Fax (I-Fax)

Fax documents anywhere in the world over the Internet and without the use
of a telephone line

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 & 2 x 2 pages

Copy Enhancement

Book copy (Shadow Correction & Skew Adjustment for book) &
watermark copy

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, FTP, E-mail Server.
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

A3, A4, LGR, LTR, LGL, EXE, JISB4, JISB5, A5, A6, Photo 4x6”
(102x152mm), Index Card (127x203mm), Photo-L (89x127mm), 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

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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)

Others

Monochrome / Sepia, Trimming, Slide Show, Date Search & Photo Enhance

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™ High-Yield Ink
Cartridges

4

(bundled)

LC-67HYBK Black: up to 900 pages
LC-67HY
C / M / Y

Cyan / Magenta / Yellow: up to 750 pages each

Innobella™ Standard-Yield 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

BP71GA3

Innobella™ A3 Glossy Photo Paper (20 sheets)

BP71GA4

Innobella™ A4 Glossy Photo Paper (20 sheets)

BP71GP20

Innobella™ 4x6 Glossy Photo Paper (20 sheets)

B60MA3

A3 Matte Inkjet Paper (25 sheets)

B60PA3

A3 Plain Inkjet Paper (250 sheets)

BP60MA

A4 Matte Inkjet Paper (25 sheets)

BP60PA

A4 Plain Inkjet Paper (250 sheets)

DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT

With Carton

597(W) x 541(D) x 380(H)mm / 15.7kg

Without Carton

485(W) x 408(D) x 242(H)mm / 10.9kg

Print Speed -

35ppm (Mono)

28ppm (Colour)

1.5

pl

Droplet Size

Direct Print From

USB Devices

6000

dpi

1200 x

6000

1,200 x 6,000 dpi

Print Resolution

Wide 3.3”

Colour LCD

Automatic

Document

Feeder

Super G3 Fax

4 Separate

High-Yield

Ink Cartridges

Print

Up to A3

Network

Ready