General

Model MFC-8950DW
Printer Type Laser
Print Method Electrophotographic Laser Printer
Memory Capacity Standard 128 MB
Optional 1 slot: DDR2 SO-DIMM (144–pin) up to 256 MB
LCD (liquid crystal display) Wide Touchscreen 5 in. (126 mm) Colour LCD
Power Source 220 - 240 V AC 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption (Average) Peak Approx. 1200 W at 25 ° C
Copying Approx. 694 W at 25 ° C
Copying (Quiet Mode) Approx. 350 W at 25 ° C
Ready Approx. 9.8 W at 25 ° C
Sleep (WLAN:On) Approx. 6.8 W
Deep Sleep Approx. 1.6 W
Dimensions (WxDxH) 491 mm x 415 mm x 477 mm
Weights (with consumables) 17.7 kg
Noise Level Sound Pressure Printing L pa m = 59 dB (A)
Ready L pa m = 37 dB (A)
Printing
(Quiet Mode)
L pa m = 54 dB (A)
Sound Power Printing L wa d = 6.63 B (A)
Ready L wa d = 4.70 B (A)
Printing
(Quiet Mode)
L wa d = 6.4 B (A)
Temperature Operating 10 to 32.5 ° C
Storage 0 to 40 ° C
Humidity Operating 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Storage 10 to 90% (without condensation)
ADF (automatic document feeder) Up to 50 pages
For best results we recommend:
Temperature: 20 to 30 ° C
Humidity: 50% to 70%
Paper: 80 gsm
Laser Notice Click here for details.

Document Size

Model MFC-8950DW
Document Size (Single-sided) ADF Width 147.3 to 215.9 mm
ADF Length 147.3 to 355.6 mm
Scanner Glass Width Max. 215.9 mm
Scanner Glass Length Max. 355.6 mm
Document Size
(2-sided (Duplex))
ADF Width 147.3 to 215.9 mm
ADF Length 147.3 to 355.6 mm

Print media

Model MFC-8950DW
Paper Input Paper Tray (Standard) Paper Type Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Recycled Paper
Paper Size A4, Letter, B5 (ISO/JIS), A5, A5 (Long Edge), B6 (ISO), A6, Executive, Legal, Folio
Paper Weight 60 to 105 gsm
Maximum Paper Capacity Up to 500 sheets of 80 gsm Plain Paper
Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) Paper Type Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Thick Paper, Thicker Paper, Recycled Paper, Bond Paper, Label, Envelope, Env.Thin, Env.Thick
Paper Size Width: 76.2 to 215.9 mm
Length: 127.0 to 355.6 mm
Paper Weight 60 to 163 gsm
Maximum Paper Capacity Up to 50 sheets of 80 gsm Plain Paper
Paper Tray 2 (Optional) Paper Type Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Recycled Paper
Paper Size A4, Letter, B5 (ISO/JIS), A5, B6 (ISO), Executive, Legal, Folio
Paper Weight 60 to 105 gsm
Maximum Paper Capacity Up to 500 sheets of 80 gsm Plain Paper
Paper Output Face-Down Output Tray Up to 150 sheets of 80 gsm Plain paper (face-down delivery to the face-down output paper tray)
Face-Up Output Tray One sheet (face-up delivery to the face-up output tray)
Duplex Automatic Duplex Printing Paper Type Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Recycled Paper
Paper Size A4
Paper Weight 60 to 105 gsm

Fax

Model MFC-8950DW
Compatibility ITU-T Super Group 3
Coding System MH/MR/MMR/JBIG/JPEG
Modem Speed 33,600 bps (with Automatic Fallback)
2-sided (Duplex) Print Receiving Yes
Automatic 2-sided (Duplex) Sending Yes (from ADF)
Scanning Width Max. 208 mm
Printing Width Max. 208 mm
Greyscale 8 bit/256 levels
Resolution Horizontal 8 dot/mm
Vertical Standard:
3.85 line/mm
Fine:
7.7 line/mm
Photo:
7.7 line/mm
Superfine:
15.4 line/mm
One Touch Dial 32
Speed Dial 300 stations
Groups Up to 20
Broadcasting 382 stations
Automatic Redial 3 times at 5 minute intervals
Memory Transmission Up to 500 pages
Out of Paper Reception Up to 500 pages

Copy

Model MFC-8950DW
Copy Width Max. 210 mm
Automatic 2-sided (Duplex) Copy Yes (from ADF)
Multiple Copies Stacks or Sorts up to 99 pages
Reduce/Enlarge 25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)
Resolution Up to 1200 × 600 dpi
First Copy Out Time Less than 10.5 seconds at 23 ° C / 230 V

Scanner

Model MFC-8950DW
Colour / Black Yes / Yes
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows ® XP/ Windows Vista ® / Windows ® 7 /
Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.x, 10.7.x)
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows ® XP / Windows Vista ® / Windows ® 7)
ICA Compliant Yes (Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x)
Colour Depth 48 bit internal / 24 bit external colour
Resolution Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)
Up to 1200 × 1200 dpi (optical) (from Scanner Glass)
Up to 1200 × 600 dpi (optical) (from ADF)
Scanning Width Max. 210 mm
Automatic 2-sided (Duplex) Scanning Yes (from ADF)
Greyscale 256 levels

Printer

Model MFC-8950DW
Automatic 2-sided (Duplex) Print Yes
Emulations PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript ® 3™), IBM Proprinter XL, Epson FX-850
Resolution 1200 dpi × 1200 dpi, HQ1200 (2400 dpi × 600 dpi) quality, 600 dpi × 600 dpi
Print Speed
(Duplex)
Up to 18 sides/minute (Up to 9 sheets/minute)
(A4 size)
Print Speed Up to 40 pages/minute (A4 size)
First Print Time Less than 8.5 seconds at 23 ° C / 230 V

Interfaces

Model MFC-8950DW
USB Hi-Speed USB 2.0
It is recommended you use a USB 2.0 cable (Type A/B) that is no more than 2.0 metres long.
Ethernet 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX / 1000BASE-T
Use a straight-through Category 5e (or greater) Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP) cable.
Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure mode)
IEEE 802.11b (Ad-hoc mode)

Direct Print feature

Model MFC-8950DW
Compatibility PDF version 1.7, JPEG, Exif + JPEG, PRN (created by Brother printer driver), TIFF (scanned by all Brother MFC or DCP models), XPS version 1.0.
Interface USB direct interface