High-Performance Color Laser All-in-One for your Small Business or Workgroup
The MFC-9970cdw color laser all-in-one combines print, copy, scan and fax in one powerful device. It produces high-impact color output at impressive print and copy speeds of up to 28ppm and offers flexible connectivity with its Wireless, Ethernet and USB interfaces. It features a 5" Color Touch Screen Display for easy navigation and menu selection. Also, this flagship model offers automatic duplex print/copy/scan/fax and optional high yield toner cartridges to help lower your operating costs – making this all-in-one a smart choice for a business or workgroup.

- Fast color output.
With a print speed up to 28ppm in both color and black, you no longer have to wait for brilliant color output.
- 5" Color Touch Screen Display.
Simple and intuitive display allows for easy navigation and menu selection.
- Flexible connectivity.
Print, scan or send faxes wirelessly as well as the ability to install the MFC on a wired network (via Ethernet) or connect locally to a single computer via USB‡.
- Advanced duplex capability.
Save paper and reduce costs by printing two-sided documents and booklets. Plus, two-sided scanning using the auto document feeder for copying, scanning and faxing.
- Expandable paper capacity.
You can increase your total paper capacity to 800 sheets by adding an optional 500-sheet letter/legal paper tray‡.
- Automatic multi-page copying, scanning and faxing.
Use the 50-page capacity auto document feeder for copying, scanning or faxing up to legal-size documents.
- USB Direct Interface.
Print PDF and JPEG files directly from or scan to your USB flash memory drive without connecting to your PC.
- High quality color scanning.
Use the legal size document glass to scan a single page or the 50-page capacity auto document feeder to scan multiple pages at a time (up to legal-size).
- High capacity replacement toner cartridges.
Spend less time replacing supplies and help reduce operating costs by using high yield replacement toner cartridges.
- High-speed faxing.
Send and receive faxes quickly in b&w or color using its high-speed 33.6K bps fax modem.

Printing
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4)	28 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4)	28 ppm
Warm-up time	33 s
Time to first page (black, normal)	16 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)	16 s
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4)	7 ppm
Input capacity
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Standard input capacity	250 sheets
Multi-Purpose Tray capacity	50 sheets
Output capacity
Standard output capacity	150 sheets
Print quality
Maximum resolution	2400 x 600 DPI
Print technology	Laser
Monthly duty cycle (max)	60000 pages
Economical printing	Y
All-in-one functions	print,copy,scan,fax
Colour all-in-one functions	print,scan,copy,fax
Duplex functions	print,copy,scan
Weight & dimensions
Package weight	34000 g
Weight	28500 g
Connectivity
Direct printing	Y
PictBridge	N
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
Print technology
Standard printer languages	PCL 6,PostScript 3
Printing colours	Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,Black
Scanning
Gray scale levels	256 levels of grey
Scan type	Flatbed & ADF
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Scan technology	CIS
Scan to	E-mail,Image,OCR,File,FTP,E-mail Server,USB
Image formats supported	JPG,TIF,BMP
Scan speed (colour)	1.79 ppm
Scan speed (black)	1.79 ppm
Optical scanning resolution	1200 x 2400 DPI
Input colour depth	48 bit
Output colour depth	24 bit
Copying
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Copy speed (normal quality, black, A4)	28 cpm
Copy speed (normal quality, colour, A4)	28 cpm
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
PC free copying	Y
N-in-1 function (N=)	2in1 / 4in1
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Fax
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Auto-redialing	Y
Fax broadcasting	340 locations
Fax memory	500 pages
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Auto reduction	Y
Error Correction Mode (ECM)	Y
Fax forwarding	Y
Fax dual access	Y
Fax coding methods	MH/MR/MMR, JBIG, JPEG
Fax transmission speed	2.5 sec/page
Caller ID	N
Energy management
Power consumption (PowerSave)	1.8 W
Power consumption (standby)	75 W
Power consumption	615 W
Input frequency	50/60 Hz
Input voltage	220-240 V
Technical details
Network ready	Y
Modem type	Super G3
Networking features	WLAN, Fast Ethernet
Wireless technology	802.11b/g
Scan file formats	BMP,JPG,PDF
Web-based management	Y
Blue angel compliant	Y
Paper handling
Maximum print size	Legal (216 x 356 mm)
Additional paper trays	LT-300CL
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weight	60 - 90 g/m˛
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4,A5,A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5,B6
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m˛
Standard tray media types	Plain paper,Glossy paper,Bond paper,Recycled paper,Envelopes,Labels
Non-ISO print media sizes	legal
Standard tray media weight	60 - 105 g/m˛
Networking
Wireless LAN (WLAN) connection	Y
Ethernet LAN connection	Y
Security algorithms supported	64-bit WEP,128-bit WEP,WPA-AES,WPA-PSK,WPA2-PSK,SSL/TLS,802.1x RADIUS,HTTPS
Wireless LAN type	802.11b/g
Supported network protocols (IPv4)	ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, POP3, SMTP Client, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server, LDAP Client, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/
Supported network protocols (IPv6)	NDP, RA, DNS resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, POP3, SMTP Client, FTP Client and Server, LDAP Client, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/HTTPS server, TFTP client and server, ICMPv6, SNTP Client
Display
Display	LCD
Display diagonal	12.7 cm (5 ")
Touch sensitive screen	Y
Processor
Processor clock speed	400 MHz
Processor family	Star Sapphire
System requirements
Mac compatibility	Y
Storage media
Internal memory	256 MB
Memory slots	-
Maximum internal memory	512 MB
Card reader integrated	N
Sound emission
Noise level (idle)	33 dB
Printing noise level	57 dB
Security
Secure printing	Y
Certificates
Energy Star certified	Y
Operating system/software
Bundled software	Brother MFL-Pro Suite Windows: BrotherControlCentre 3 Scansoft Paperport 12SE + OCR Macintosh:BrotherControlCentre 2 Newsoft Presto! Page Manager 9
Drivers included	Y
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger,Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard,Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Professional,Windows XP Home,Windows XP Home x64,Windows XP Professional,Windows XP Professional x64,Windows Vista Home Basic,Windows Vista Home Basic x64,Windows Vista Home Premium,Windows Vista Home Premium x64,Windows Vista Business,Windows Vista Business x64,Windows Vista Ultimate,Windows Vista Ultimate x64,Windows 7 Home Premium,Windows 7 Home Premium x64,Windows 7 Professional,Windows 7 Professional x64,Windows 7 Ultimate,Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Linux operating systems supported	Y
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003,Windows Server 2003 x64,Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2008 x64,Windows Server 2008 R2
Other features
Dimensions W x D x H	490 x 526 x 530 mm
Package dimensions (W x D x H)	663 x 699 x 694 mm