Brother International Corporation announced eight new business laser printers.
The new line-up includes eight new printers that, according to Brother, are ideal for mid to large-sized workgroups and deliver a combination of speed, advanced workflow, user-friendly design, and performance plus professional-quality output.
The line-up includes the HL-L9410CDN and MFC-L9610CDN that are available to all Brother authorised partners, new Brother Workhorse Series models for all Brother Gold authorised partners, the HL?L9430CDN, HL?L9470CDN, MFC?L9630CDN, and MFC?L9670CDN, and two new Brother Workhorse models for select Brother Gold partners, HL?EX470W and MFC?EX670W.
With the lowest laser colour cost per page ever from Brother, the new enterprise colour laser printers and all-in-ones deliver built-in value and a low total cost of ownership with high-yield replacement supplies. Brother said: “Featuring high-quality printing with bold colour and sharp black output, these devices are ideal for creating professional reports, brochures, presentations, and other important business documents.”
The Brother HL?L9410CDN and MFC?L9610CDN offer included 6,500?page black and 5,000?page colour toner cartridges. The Brother Genuine high?yield (TN810XL) replacement toner cartridges for 12,000 pages black and 9,000 pages colour provide low-cost printing.
The Brother Workhorse HL?L9430CDN, HL?L9470CDN, MFC?L9630CDN, and MFC?L9670CDN deliver built?in value with included Brother Genuine 9,000?page black and 6,500?page colour toner cartridges. These models offer the lowest laser colour cost per page ever from Brother with super high-yield replacement toner cartridges (TN815 Series) for 15,000 pages black and 12,000 pages colour.
The Brother Workhorse HL?EX470W and MFC?EX670W deliver built?in value and low operating costs with included 15,000?page black and 12,000?page colour super high?yield toner cartridges (replacement toners: TNE80 Series).
These new devices offer the fastest colour laser print speeds ever from Brother, up to 42ppm. Selected models offer high-speed duplex printing, which provides the same speeds for simplex and two-sided printing.
The new all-in-one printers help increase workgroup productivity with fast, high-volume scanning and advanced capabilities. The 100-page capacity auto document feeder boasts scan speeds up to 52ppm for one?sided scanning and 104ipm for duplex scanning.
In addition, the models support a wide range of scan destinations including business cloud services, the ability to create searchable, editable Microsoft Office documents, advanced scan features, and robust included software and compatibility with leading third-party document imaging software5. To meet mobile workforce demands, the devices offer convenient mobile device printing and scanning from a wide range of devices.
The all-in-one printers feature a 7″ colour touchscreen with the ability to create up to 64 customised time-saving shortcuts and a convenient scan preview feature. Users can also personalise the home screen by user or group when using the built?in Secure Function Lock solution or add or remove icons and add a company logo with the custom user interface value-added solution. The printers are equipped with device management solutions to enable mass distribution of device configurations, security settings, and firmware updates.
To support higher print volumes, the printers offer a large paper capacity with a 520?sheet capacity paper tray and a 100?sheet capacity multipurpose tray. For additional capacity and to satisfy unique workflow requirements, a range of paper tray options are available including a tower tray with stabiliser option for Brother Workhorse models that can be used to turn the printer into a floor?standing configuration with a total input capacity of 2,700 sheets8.
“As the print market continues to take shape in a post-COVID world, the introduction of the new Brother enterprise colour laser printer line-up smartly focuses on the key essentials required for business customers,” said Keith Kmetz, Programme Vice President, Imaging, Printing & Document Solutions, IDC. “These business prerequisites include low acquisition and ownership costs; high quality output; fast speeds, security and several ease-of-use features that make the new Brother family of enterprise colour laser printers an appealing choice.”
The Brother enterprise laser printers are also equipped with Brother Triple Layer Security features to help keep devices secure, protect documents in transit to and from print devices, and safeguard the network. Security features include an integrated NFC card reader for easy badge authentication, Secure Print Advanced for secure job release, the ability to store secure print jobs on a USB memory stick, and more. Brother added that the new models passed the strict security testing protocol of Keypoint Intelligence and earned the Buyers Lab (BLI) Security Validation Testing seal for device penetration to ensure further protection against vulnerabilities in the device firmware/ OS, ports, print protocols, embedded web page, connectivity avenues, and other areas.
“Gone are the days of the old, centralized office with enterprises now operating across multiple locations, using both digital and paper document workflows to meet the unique needs of how work now works,” said Fernando Maroniene, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Brother USA. “We are confident that these new products will address our customers’ need for fast and secure enterprise colour laser printers that offer high-quality output and can help enhance workflow and increase workgroup productivity.”
The new models also offer eco-friendly features including ENERGY STAR certified and EPEAT Silver rated, default duplex printing to help reduce paper costs, high-yield in-box, and replacement toner cartridges to decrease waste, Eco Save Mode for lower power consumption, and Toner Save Mode to reduce toner use.
The new Brother enterprise laser printers will begin shipping in Q1 and Q2 2023.
