Scanner

Colour/Monochrome
Yes/Yes
TWAIN Compliant
(MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
Yes (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®)
Mac OS X 10.2.4 - 10.3.x - 10.4.x - 10.5.x
(MFC-5895CW)
Yes (Windows® 2000 Professional/Windows® XP/
Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®/
Windows® 7)
Mac OS X 10.4.11 - 10.5.x - 10.6.x1
WIA Compliant
(MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
Yes (Windows® XP2/Windows Vista®)
(MFC-5895CW)
Yes (Windows® XP2/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
ICA Compliant (MFC-5895CW)
Yes (Mac OS X 10.6.x)
Colour Depth
48 bit colour Processing (Input)
24 bit colour Processing (Output)
(Actual Input: 30 bit colour/Actual Output: 24 bit colour)
Resolution
Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)3
Up to 1200 × 2400 dpi (optical) (Scanner Glass)
Up to 1200 × 600 dpi (optical) (ADF)
Scanning Speed
(MFC-5890CN and MFC-5895CW)
Monochrome: up to 3.44 sec.
Colour: up to 4.83 sec.
(MFC-6490CW)
Monochrome: up to 3.39 sec.
Colour: up to 4.49 sec.
(A4 size at 100 × 100 dpi)
Scanning Width
(MFC-5890CN and MFC-5895CW) 210 mm
(MFC-6490CW) Up to 291 mm
Greyscale
256 levels
1
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2
Windows® XP in this User’s Guide includes Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.
3
Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning when using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 (resolution up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the Brother scanner utility)