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Brother · MFC
MFC-L2960DW
The MFC-L2960DW is Brother's compact A4 mono laser all-in-one for small businesses, printing, scanning, copying and faxing, with 2-sided scanning in one pass and business security features.
- Type
- Laser
- Colour
- No
- Does
- Print, Scan, Copy, Fax
- Pages a minute
- 34
- Both sides
- Yes
Specifications
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- Type
- Laser
- Colour
- No
- Speed, black
- 34 pages a minute
- Resolution
- 1200 × 1200 dpi
- Prints both sides
- Yes
- Printing detail
- Electrophotographic laser; 2-sided printing at up to 16 sides a minute; 256MB memory; PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; secure print, Universal Print and quiet mode
- First page out
- Up to 6.9 seconds from ready, 8.1 seconds from sleep
- Ink or toner
- TN2510 toner (1,200 pages), TN2510XL (3,000 pages) or TN2510XXL (5,000 pages); separate DR2510 drum (about 15,000 pages at 1 page per job)
- Page yield
- 1,500-page toner in the box; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19752
- Duty cycle
- Up to 3,500 pages a month recommended
Scanning and copying
- Does
- Print, Scan, Copy and Fax
- Document feeder
- Yes
- Scanner
- Dual CIS colour scanner with A4 glass and 50-sheet document feeder; 1-sided and 2-sided scanning at 22.5 ipm mono and 7.5 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 17991); 1200 × 1200 dpi from the glass, 600 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to email server, network folder, FTP, SharePoint, OCR and Microsoft Office formats
- Copying
- Up to 34 copies a minute, 2-sided copying; first copy in up to 8.4 seconds; up to 600 × 600 dpi; 25–400% zoom; 2-in-1 ID copy
- Fax
- 33.6 kbps Super G3; automatic 2-sided faxing; PC-Fax send and receive; Internet fax; 500-page memory; 200 speed dials
Paper
- Largest paper
- A4
- Paper tray
- 250 sheets
- Paper sizes
- Tray A4, Letter, B5, A5, A5 (long edge), B6, A6, Executive, A4 Short, 16K; manual feed slot (1 sheet) 76.2–215.9 mm wide by 127–355.6 mm long, envelopes COM-10, DL, C5 and Monarch; document feeder 105–216 mm wide by 147–356 mm long; 2-sided A4 only
- Paper types
- Tray plain, thin, recycled and thick paper, 60–163 gsm; manual feed slot also bond, labels and envelopes, 60–230 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm
- Output tray
- 120 sheets face down
Connections
- Connects by
- Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
- Connection detail
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Fast Ethernet (10/100); Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct
- Printing from phones
- Apple AirPrint (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and SharePoint Online
- App
- Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)
- Control panel
- 8.8cm (3.5″) colour touchscreen with up to 18 shortcuts
Design
- Weight
- 12.4 kg
- Power use
- 485 W printing, 220 W in quiet mode, 495 W copying, 3.3 W ready, 3.3 W sleep, 0.7 W deep sleep, 0.08 W off; TEC 0.34 kWh a week
- Noise
- 49 dB(A) printing, 44 dB(A) in quiet mode, 30 dB(A) ready (sound pressure)
- Size
- 410 × 421 × 319 mm (W × D × H)
- In the box
- Printer, 1,500-page toner, drum, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card
Pros and cons
Pros
- 34 pages a minute with automatic 2-sided printing
- Dual-CIS 50-sheet document feeder scans both sides at 22.5 ipm
- 8.8cm colour touchscreen, Ethernet and 5GHz Wi-Fi
Cons
- 250-sheet tray with no option to add another
- Fast Ethernet rather than Gigabit
- The toner in the box lasts about 1,500 pages
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Colour | Does | Pages a minute | Both sides | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | No | Print, Scan, Copy | 34 | Yes | Oct 2023 | |
| Laser | No | Print, Scan, Copy, Fax | 33 | Yes | Aug 2022 | |
| Laser | No | Print, Scan, Copy, Fax | 40 | Yes | Aug 2022 |
Sources
- store.brother.co.uk/devices/laser/mfc/mfcl2960dw
- brother.eu/-/media/Product-Downloads/Devices/Printers/MFC/MFCL2960DW/MFC-L2960D…
- brother.ee/about-brother/news/2024/pr-elle-smb-press-release