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/MFC-J5330DW

    128 MB

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW

    256 MB

  • MFC-J5930DW

    512 MB

LCD (liquid crystal display) *1
  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    2.7 in. (67.5 mm) TFT Colour Touchscreen LCD

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    3.7 in. (93.4 mm) TFT Colour Touchscreen LCD

Power Source

AC 100 to 120 V 50/60 Hz (Taiwan)

AC 220 to 240 V 50/60 Hz (Australia and other countries)

Power Consumption *2

  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    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/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    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-J5330DW

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

Weights
  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    16.9kg

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    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/MFC-J5330DW: 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 *3

(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)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 250 sheets of 80 gsm plain paper

Paper Tray #2

(MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW)

Paper Type

Plain Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size *3

(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) *4

(MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW)

Paper Type *1

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

Paper Size *3

(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)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 100 sheets of 80 gsm Plain Paper

Manual Feed Slot

(MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW)
Paper Type *1

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

Paper Size *3

(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)

Maximum Paper Capacity

Up to 1 sheet

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

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

  • Over A4/Letter size paper

    Up to 50 sheets of 80 gsm 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
B6 (JIS), B5 (JIS) and B4 (JIS) size paper are supported only in some countries.
*4
We recommend using the MP tray for glossy paper.

Fax Specifications

Compatibility
  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    ITU-T Group 3

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    ITU-T Super Group 3

Modem Speed
  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    Automatic Fallback: 14,400 bps

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    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/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW)

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 *2

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)

PDF Print

(MFC-J5930DW)

Resolution

Up to 1200 x 1800 dpi

Paper Type

Plain Paper, Recycled Paper

Paper Size *1

A4, Letter, A3, Ledger, B4 (JIS), Legal, Mexico Legal, India Legal, Folio, B5 (JIS), A5, A6

File Format

PDF version1.7

Scan to Media
File Format

JPEG, PDF (Colour, Grey)

TIFF, PDF (Monochrome)

*1
B5 (JIS) and B4 (JIS) size paper are supported only in some countries.
*2
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/MFC-J5330DW

    48 bit colour processing (Input)

    24 bit colour processing (Output)

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    48 bit colour processing (simplex) (Input)

    30 bit colour processing (duplex) (Input)

    24 bit colour processing (Output)

Greyscale
  • MFC-J2330DW/MFC-J5330DW

    16 bit colour processing (Input)

    8 bit colour processing (Output)

  • MFC-J2730DW/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW

    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/MFC-J5730DW/MFC-J5930DW)

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

Emulation

(MFC-J5930DW)

PCL6, BR-Script3, PDF version1.7, XPS version 1.0

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 *3

A4, Letter, A5, Executive, B5 (JIS), B6 (JIS)

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.
*3
B6 (JIS), B5 (JIS) and B4 (JIS) size paper are supported only in some countries.

Interface Specifications

USB *1 *2

Use a USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 5 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.