MFC-J2730DW

Specifications

General Specifications

Printer Type

Inkjet

Print Head
Mono

Piezo with 420 nozzles x 1

Colour

Piezo with 420 nozzles x 3

Memory Capacity
  • MFC-J2330DW

    128 MB

  • MFC-J2730DW

    256 MB

LCD (liquid crystal display) *1
  • MFC-J2330DW

    2.7 in. (67.5 mm) TFT Colour Touchscreen LCD

  • MFC-J2730DW

    3.7 in. (93.4 mm) TFT Colour Touchscreen LCD

Power Source

AC 220 to 240 V 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption *2

  • MFC-J2330DW

    Copying *3: Approx. 29 W

    Ready *4: Approx. 6.5 W

    Sleep *4: Approx. 1.6 W

    Power Off *4 *5: Approx. 0.04 W

  • MFC-J2730DW

    Copying *6: Approx. 30 W

    Ready *4: Approx. 6.5 W

    Sleep *4: Approx. 1.6 W

    Power Off *4 *5: Approx. 0.04 W

Dimensions
  • MFC-J2330DW

  • MFC-J2730DW

Weights
  • MFC-J2330DW

    16.9 kg

  • MFC-J2730DW

    20.6 kg

Noise Level
Sound Pressure
Operating

50 dB (A) (Approx.) *7

Temperature
Operating

10 to 35 °C

Best Print Quality

20 to 33 °C

Humidity
Operating

20 to 80% (without condensation)

Best Print Quality

20 to 80% (without condensation)

ADF (automatic document feeder)

Up to 50 pages *8

Paper: 80 gsm

*1
Measured diagonally
*2
Measured when the machine is connected to the USB interface. Power consumption varies slightly depending on the usage environment or part wear.
*3
When using ADF, single-sided printing, resolution: standard / document: ISO/IEC 24712 printed pattern.
*4
Measured according to IEC 62301 Edition 2.0.
*5
Even when the machine is turned off, it will automatically turn itself on periodically for print head maintenance, and then turn itself off.
*6
When using ADF, single-sided printing and scanning, resolution: standard / document: ISO/IEC 24712 printed pattern.
*7
Noise depends on printing conditions.
*8
MFC-J2330DW: Up to 30 pages when copying with the sort function.

Document Size Specifications

Document Size
ADF Width

105 to 215.9 mm

ADF Length *1

148 to 355.6 mm

Scanner Glass Width

Max. 215.9 mm

Scanner Glass Length

Max. 297 mm

*1
Up to 900 mm when using the long paper function.

Print Media Specifications

Paper Input
Paper Tray #1
Paper Type *1

Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper (coated paper), Glossy Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size *2

(Landscape)

A4, Letter, Executive, B5 (JIS)

(Portrait)

A3, Ledger, B4 (JIS), Legal, Mexico Legal, India Legal, Folio, A5, B6 (JIS), A6, Envelopes (C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch), Photo (10 x 15 cm), Photo L (9 x 13 cm), Photo 2L (13 x 18 cm), Index card (13 x 20 cm), 16K (195 x 270 mm)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 250 sheets of 80 gsm plain paper

Paper Tray #2

(MFC-J2730DW)

Paper Type

Plain Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

(Landscape)

A4, Letter

(Portrait)

A3, Ledger, B4 (JIS), Legal, Mexico Legal, India Legal, Folio

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 250 sheets of 80 gsm plain paper

Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) *3

(MFC-J2730DW)

Paper Type *1

Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper (coated paper), Glossy Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

(Landscape)

A4, Letter, Executive, B5 (JIS)

(Portrait)

A3, Ledger, B4 (JIS), Legal, Mexico Legal, India Legal, Folio, A5, B6 (JIS), A6, Envelopes (C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch), Photo (10 x 15 cm), Photo L (9 x 13 cm), Photo 2L (13 x 18 cm), Index card (13 x 20 cm), 16K (195 x 270 mm)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 100 sheets of 80 g/m² Plain Paper

Manual Feed Slot

(MFC-J2330DW)
Paper Type *1

Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper (coated paper), Glossy Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

(Landscape)

A4, Letter, Executive, B5 (JIS)

(Portrait)

A3, Ledger, B4 (JIS), Legal, Mexico Legal, India Legal, Folio, A5, B6 (JIS), A6, Envelopes (C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch), Photo (10 x 15 cm), Photo L (9 x 13 cm), Photo 2L (13 x 18 cm), Index card (13 x 20 cm), 16K (195 x 270 mm)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 1 sheet

Paper Output *1
  • Up to A4/Letter size paper

    Up to 100 sheets of 80 g/m² Plain Paper (face up print delivery to the output paper tray)

  • Over A4/Letter size paper

    Up to 50 sheets of 80 g/m² Plain Paper (face up print delivery to the output paper tray)

*1
For glossy paper, remove printed pages from the output paper tray immediately after they exit the machine to avoid smudging.
*2
Glossy paper is available up to A4 or Letter size.
*3
We recommend using the MP tray for glossy paper.

Fax Specifications

Compatibility
  • MFC-J2330DW

    ITU-T Group 3

  • MFC-J2730DW

    ITU-T Super Group 3

Modem Speed
  • MFC-J2330DW

    Automatic Fallback: 14,400 bps

  • MFC-J2730DW

    Automatic Fallback: 33,600 bps

Scanning Width

(Single-sided document)

ADF: 208 mm (A4)

Scanner Glass: 204 mm (A4)

Scanning Width and Length

(2-sided document)

(MFC-J2730DW)

Width: 208 mm (A4/Letter/Legal) (ADF)

Length: 349.6 mm (ADF)

Printing Width

291 mm (A3)

Greyscale

Monochrome: 8 bit (256 levels)

Colour: 24 bit (8 bit per colour/ 256 levels)

Resolution

(Horizontal)

203 dpi

Resolution

(Vertical)

Standard:

98 dpi (Mono)

196 dpi (Colour)

Fine:

196 dpi (Mono)

196 dpi (Colour)

Superfine:

392 dpi (Mono)

Photo:

196 dpi (Mono)

Address Book

100 names x 2 numbers or E-mail addresses *1

Groups

Up to 6

Broadcasting

250 (200 Address Book/50 Manual Dial)

Automatic Redial

3 times at 5 minute intervals

Memory Transmission

Up to 200 pages *2

Out of Paper Reception

Up to 200 pages *2

*1
E-mail addresses are available after Internet Fax (I-Fax) is downloaded.
*2
‘Pages’ refers to the ‘ITU-T Test Chart #1’ (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, MMR code).

Copy Specifications

Colour/Monochrome

Yes/Yes

Copy Width

204 mm *1

Multiple Copies

Stacks/Sorts up to 99 pages

Enlarge/Reduce

25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)

Resolution

Prints up to 1200 × 4800 dpi

2-sided
Paper Type

Plain Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

A4, Letter, A5

*1
When copying on A4 size paper.

USB Flash Drive Specifications

Compatible Media

USB Flash drive *1

JPEG Print
Resolution

Up to 1200 x 4800 dpi

Paper Type

Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper (coated paper), Glossy Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

A4, Letter, A3, Ledger, Photo (10 x 15 cm), Photo 2L (13 x 18 cm)

File Format

JPEG (Progressive JPEG format is not supported)

Scan to Media
File Format

JPEG, PDF (Colour, Grey)

TIFF, PDF (Monochrome)

*1
USB Flash drive is not included. Full-Speed USB 2.0. USB Mass Storage standard up to 256 GB. Supported formats: FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/exFAT

Scanner Specifications

Colour/Monochrome

Yes/Yes

TWAIN Compliant

Yes

(Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10)

(OS X v10.9.5 / 10.10.x /10.11.x)

WIA Compliant

Yes

(Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10)

ICA Compliant

Yes (OS X v10.9.5 / 10.10.x /10.11.x)

Colour Depth
  • MFC-J2330DW

    48 bit colour processing (Input)

    24 bit colour processing (Output)

  • MFC-J2730DW

    48 bit colour processing (simplex) (Input)

    30 bit colour processing (duplex) (Input)

    24 bit colour processing (Output)

Greyscale
  • MFC-J2330DW

    16 bit colour processing (Input)

    8 bit colour processing (Output)

  • MFC-J2730DW

    16 bit colour processing (simplex) (Input)

    10 bit colour processing (duplex) (Input)

    8 bit colour processing (Output)

Resolution

Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated) *1

Up to 1200 × 2400 dpi (optical) (from Scanner Glass)

Up to 600 × 600 dpi (optical) (from ADF)

Scanning Width and Length

(Single-sided document)

(Scanner Glass)

Width: Up to 213.9 mm

Length: Up to 295 mm

(ADF)

Width: Up to 213.9 mm

Length: Up to 353.6 mm

Scanning Width and Length

(2-sided document)

(MFC-J2730DW)

Width: Up to 213.9 mm (ADF)

Length: Up to 353.6 mm (ADF)

*1
Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows Vista, Windows 7 , Windows 8 and Windows 10 (resolution up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be selected using the scanner utility).

Printer Specifications

Resolution

Up to 1200 × 4800 dpi

Printing Width *1

291 mm [297 mm (borderless)] *2

Borderless

A4, Letter, A3, Ledger, A6, Photo (10 x 15 cm), Photo L (9 x 13 cm), Photo 2L (13 x 18 cm), Index card (13 x 20 cm)

Automatic 2-sided
Paper Type

Plain Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size

A4, Letter, A5, Executive, B5 (JIS), B6 (JIS), 16K (195 x 270 mm)

Print Speed

For detailed specifications visit www.brother.com.

*1
When printing on A3 size paper.
*2
When the Borderless feature is set to On.

Interface Specifications

USB *1 *2

Use a USB 2.0 interface cable that is 2 m.

LAN

Use an Ethernet UTP cable category 5 or greater.

Wireless LAN

IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure)

IEEE 802.11g/n (Wi-Fi Direct)

*1
Your machine has a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface. The machine can also be connected to a computer that has a USB 1.1 interface.
*2
Third party USB ports are not supported.

Network Specifications

You can connect your machine to a network for Network Printing, Network Scanning, PC-Fax Send, PC-Fax Receive (Windows only), and Remote Setup.

Brother BRAdmin Light (Windows only) Network Management software is also available as a download from Brother Solutions Center.

(Windows) If you require more advanced machine management, use the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version.
Wireless Network Security

WEP 64/128 bit, WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES) *1

Wireless Setup Support Utility WPS

Yes

*1
Wi-Fi Direct supports WPA2-PSK (AES) only.