Engine

Technology Electrophotographic LED printer (single-pass)
Print speed (A4 size/ Letter size) Monochrome Up to 18 ppm (A4 size),Up to 19 ppm (Letter size)
Full Color Up to 18 ppm (A4 size),Up to 19 ppm (Letter size)
First print time Monochrome Less than 15 sec
Full Color Less than 16 sec
Resolution Windows ® XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista ® , Windows ® 7, Windows Server ® 2003/ Windows Server ® 2003 x64 Edition, Windows Server ® 2008, Windows Server ® 2008 R2 2400 dpi (600 x 2400) quality
600 x 600 dpi
DOS 600 x 600 dpi
Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x 2400 dpi (600 x 2400) quality
600 x 600 dpi
Linux 600 x 600 dpi

Controller

Processor 300MHz
Memory Standard 64 MB
Option 1 DIMM slot; expandable up to 576 MB
Interface Standard Hi-Speed USB 2.0, 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet, Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g
Network Connectivity Protocols TCP/IP (Standard 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet)
Management tool BRAdmin Light
BRAdmin Professional 3
Web BRAdmin
Web Based Management
Emulation PCL6, BR-Script 3 (PostScript ® 3™)
Resident fonts PCL 66 scalable fonts, 12 bitmap fonts, 13 bar codes
PostScript ® 3™ 66 fonts

Software

Printer driver Windows ® Host-Based Driver for Windows ® XP Home Edition, Windows ® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server ® 2003, Windows Server ® 2003 x64 Edition,
Windows Vista ® , Windows Server ® 2008, Windows Server ® 2008 R2, Windows ® 7
BR-Script 3 (PPD file for Windows ® XP Home Edition, Windows ® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server ® 2003, Windows Server ® 2003 x64 Edition, Windows Vista ® , Windows Server ® 2008, Windows Server ® 2008 R2, Windows ® 7).
Macintosh Macintosh Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x and 10.6.x
BR-Script 3 (PPD file) for Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x and 10.6.x
Linux Linux driver for CUPS printing system (x86, x64 environment)
Linux driver for LPD/LPRng printing system (x86, x64 environment)
Utilities Driver Deployment Wizard

Direct Print feature

Direct Print PDF version1.7, JPEG, Exif+JPEG, PRN (created by HL-3045CN or HL-3075CW printer driver), TIFF(scanned by all Brother MFC or DCP models), PostScript ® 3™(created by HL-3075CW BRScript3 printer driver), XPS version 1.0

Control panel

LED 2 LEDs: Data LED, Error LED
LCD 1 line, 16 Digits, 1 color
Button 7 buttons: Go, Cancel, Secure Print, OK, Back and 2 scroll buttons

Paper handling

Paper Input Manual Feed Slot 1 sheet
Paper tray (Standard) 250 sheets
Paper Output Face-down 100 sheets
Face-up 1 sheet
Duplex Manual Duplex

Media specifications

Media types Manual feed slot Plain paper, Thin paper, Thick paper, Thicker paper, Recycled paper, Bond paper, Label, Envelopes, Env.Thin, Env.Thick
Paper tray Plain paper, Thin Paper, Recycled paper
Media weights Manual feed slot 60 to 163 g/m2 (16 to 43 lb)
Paper tray 60 to 105 g/m2 (16 to 28 lb)
Media sizes Manual feed slot Width: 76.2 to 220 mm (3.0 to 8.66 in.) Length: 116 to 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.)
Paper tray A4, Letter, Legal *1, B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, A5 (Long Edge), A6, B6 (ISO), Folio

Dimensions / weights

Dimensions (W x D x H) 409 x 466 x 250 mm (16.1 x 18.3 x 9.8 in.)
Weights Approx. 19.0 kg (41.9 lb)

Other

Power consumption Printing Average 480W at 25 °C (77 °F)
Standby Average 70 W at 25 °C (77 °F)
Sleep Average 10 W
Noise level Sound Pressure Printing LpAm = 53 dB (A)
Standby LpAm = 30 dB (A)
Sound power Printing (Monochrome) LWAd = 6.34 Bell (A)
Printing (Color) LWAd = 6.29 Bell (A)
Standby LWAd = 3.64 Bell (A)
Ecology Power save Yes
Toner save Yes
Note *1 : Legal size paper is not available in some regions outside the USA and Canada.