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Brother HL-3140CW

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2 editorial reviews
The Brother HL-3140CW color LED printer's output quality is a touch below par, but it offers fast speed, good paper handling, and Wi-Fi Direct for easy mobile printing.Read more
Normally when I get to see a colour printer, it is an inkjet model but in this case the printer is a laser unit.Read more
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Pros

  • good quality documents at a reasonable speed
  • affordable cost efficient printer suitable for the home or office
  • Print Quality The print quality is excellent

Cons

  • Larger than a similar specified mono laser
  • partially chewed up the page leaving several pieces behind in the printer
  • image quality will not be as good as an inkjet on photographic paper

Key specs

  • 333 MHz
  • yes
  • 33, 53 dB
  • 100 sheets
  • yes
  • no
  • LED
  • 2400, 600 dpi

Brother HL-3140CW - Pros & Cons

Brother HL-3140CW

Pros

  • good quality documents at a reasonable speed
  • affordable cost efficient printer suitable for the home or office
  • Print Quality The print quality is excellent
  • Text is nice and crisp and images are very nice
  • The output is easily good enough to print recognizable images from Web pages
  • good text and graphics is good enough

Cons

  • Larger than a similar specified mono laser
  • partially chewed up the page leaving several pieces behind in the printer
  • image quality will not be as good as an inkjet on photographic paper
  • shouldn't have any real issues with the text output
  • no Ethernet connector on the printer
  • scanned images look worse than the actual images in your hand
  • my router is not one of the one-touch types
  • This is not provided with the printer

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Brother HL-3140CW - Full Specifications

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General
Colour printingyes
Internal memory64.0 mB
Supports duplexno
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Dimensions
Height9.45 in
Width16.14 in
Depth18.31 in
Weight38.36 lb
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Printing details
Printing technologyLED
Maximum resolution2400 x 600 dpi
Printing colours
  • Black
  • Cyan
  • Magenta
  • Yellow
Warm-up time25.0 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)16.0 s
Time to first page (black, normal)16.0 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)18.0 ppm
Print speed (draft, colour)18.0 ppm
Print speed (draft, black)18.0 ppm
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Paper handling
Total output capacity100.0 sheets
Total number of input trays1
Total input capacity100.0 sheets
Paper tray media weight60 - 105
Paper tray media types
  • Glossy paper
  • Labels
  • Plain paper
  • Pre-Printed
  • Recycled paper
  • Thin paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)
  • B5
  • B6
Non-ISO print media sizesLetter
Maximum print size216 x 356 mm
Custom media width76.2 - 216
Custom media length116 - 355.6
Media supported
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
  • Letter
Tray capacity100
Number of trays1
Supports automatic duplexno
Paper storage (capacity included)250.0 sheets
Paper storage (max capacity)250.0 sheets
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Storage
Built-in hard driveno
Maximum memory capacity64.0 mB
Memory card supportno
Included memory capacity64.0 mB
Writes to CD / DVDno
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Design
Colour of productBlack,Ivory
Stand-by LEDyes
Power LEDyes
Blue Angel certifiedyes
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Display
Displayyes
Display technologyLCD
Display typeMonochrome
Touchscreenno
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Technical details
Processor speed333.0 MHz
Recommended duty cycle300 - 1500
Page description languagesGDI
Number of print cartridges4
Colour printeryes
Colour toner includedyes
Black/white toner includedyes
Capacity of supplied colour toner1000.0 pages
Capacity of supplied drum15000.0 pages
Capacity of supplied black/white toner1000.0 pages
Linux compatibilityyes
Mac operating systems supported
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows operating systems supportedWindows XP Home
Server operating systems supported
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2003 x64
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 x64
Noise level33 - 53
Sound pressure level (printing)53.0 dB
Sound power level (standby)33.0 dB
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Connectivity
Interfaces
  • USB
  • Wireless LAN
Network readyyes
Ethernetno
Wi-Fiyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
Security algorithms
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • HTTPS
  • SSL/TLS
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA-TKIP
  • WPA2-EAP
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPS
Communication protocol
  • AirPrint
  • GDI
  • Google Cloud Print
  • PictBridge
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Power
AC input voltage220.0 V
AC input frequency50.0 Hz
Operational power consumption (min-max)< 335
Power consumption (printing)335.0 W
Power consumption (standby)60.0 W
EnergyStaryes

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