Brother HL-3170CDW
Manufacturer: Brother International Part number: HL-3170CDW
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Brother HL-3170CDW price range: $199.99 - $283.95
- Reviewed by: Justin Yu
- Edited by: Rich Brown
- Reviewed on: 05/09/2013
The good: The Brother HL-3170CDW boasts office-friendly features like automatic double-sided printing, wireless and wired networking options, a generous monthly duty cycle, and two separate trays for standard and thicker-than-average paper.
The bad: The photo quality lacks detail and the fixed control panel can be awkward to operate.
The bottom line: Despite its photo printing shortcomings, the Brother HL-3170CDW is a capable color laser printer that meets all the major requirements for a small office workgroup.
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show Specifications
- Manufacturer: Brother International
- Part number: HL-3170CDW
- Description: The Brother HL-3170CDW is a perfect choice for the small business looking for a fast, reliable digital color printer. It packs big business features like duplex printing into an affordable, compact printer designed to fit your small business workspace and budget. It prints high-impact color and crisp black documents at up to 23 ppm, so it's ideal for businesses that primarily produce black business documents, but also need to print professional-quality color documents in-house from time to time. It also offers wireless printing from your mobile device via AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, Brother iPrint&Scan, Cortado Workplace and Wi-Fi Direct.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Printer Type Workgroup printer - LED - LED - Color - Color
Printer
- Print Speed up to 23 ppm - B/W,
up to 23 ppm - Color - Built-in Devices Status LCD
- Connectivity Technology Wireless ,
Wired - Interface 802.11n Wi-Fi(n),
USB LAN,
Ethernet 10/100Base-TX USB 2.0 - AirPrint Enabled Yes
- Max Resolution ( B&W ) 600 dpi x 2400 dpi 600 x 2400 dpi
- Max Resolution ( Color ) 600 dpi x 2400 dpi 600 x 2400 dpi
- Automatic Duplexing Duplex Yes
- PostScript Support Standard
- First Print Out Time B/W 16 sec
- First Print Out Time Color 16 sec
- Language Simulation BR-Script3,
PCL 6 - Fonts Included 66 x Scalable,
12 x Bitmapped,
13 x Barcode - Printer Features AirStation OneTouch Secure System (AOSS)
- Media Handling 250-sheet input tray,
1-sheet multipurpose tray Processor
- Processor NEC VR5500 333 MHz
RAM
- RAM Installed ( Max ) 128 MB
Media Handling
- Media Type Bond paper ,
Recycled paper ,
Envelopes ,
Labels ,
Plain paper - Min Media Size (Custom) 3 in x 4.57 in
- Max Media Size (Custom) 8.5 in x 14 in
- Media Sizes B6 (4.92 in x 6.93 in),
A6 (4.13 in x 5.83 in),
B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in),
Executive (7.25 in x 10.5 in),
Legal (8.5 in x 14 in),
A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in),
A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in),
Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in) - Media Weight 60 g/m2 - 162 g/m2
- Total Media Capacity 250 sheets
- Media Feeder(s) 1 x Autoload - 250 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 105 g/m2,
1 x Manual load - 1 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 162 g/m2 - Output Trays Capacity 100 sheets
Duty Cycle
- Monthly Duty Cycle (max) 30000 pages
- Recommended Monthly Volume 300 - 1500 pages
Networking
- Networking Print server
- Security Protocols & Features Wi-Fi Direct,
TLS,
WPS,
WPA2-PSK,
Secure Print,
ARP,
WPA-PSK,
LEAP,
802.1x Scanner
- Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Connections 1 x LAN - RJ-45,
1 x USB 2.0 - 4 pin USB Type B Miscellaneous
- Consumables Included 1 x Toner cartridge ( Black ) - up to 1000 pages,
1 x Toner cartridge ( Cyan ) - up to 1000 pages,
1 x Toner cartridge ( Magenta ) - up to 1000 pages,
1 x Toner cartridge ( Yellow ) - up to 1000 pages,
1 x Drum - up to 15000 pages - Brother DR-221CL - Features Google Cloud Print
Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 120 V
- Frequency Required 50/60 Hz
- Power Consumption Operational 660 Watt
- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 75 Watt
Environmental Standards
- ENERGY STAR Yes
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year,
Technical support - Phone consulting - Lifetime Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 50 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 90.5 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 20 - 80% (non-condensing)
- Sound Emission (Idle) 33 dB
- Sound Emission (Operating) 53 dB
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 16.1 in
- Depth 18.3 in
- Height 9.4 in
- Weight 39 lbs
Dimensions & Weight (Shipping)
- Width (Shipping) 23.5 in
- Depth (Shipping) 20.5 in
- Height (Shipping) 14.3 in
- Weight (Shipping) 46.5 lbs
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