Brother MFC 3340cn All-in-one with CISS

Usually the popular abbreviation for MFD is "four-in-one". It means the availability of printer, copier, scanner and fax. The new Brother Company device, beside mentioned functions can also operate as a DECT-telephone and a digital answerback unit.

Manufacturers also provided this device with such operation as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a big modern sensor display for controlling most of the functions.

Exterior and Control Elements

Among other inkjet printers Brother printer MFC-3340CN takes the top position, that is why it must have a stylish exterior. Black color of the unit and its smooth outlines make it look like an expensive device. The improved design will better fit a quiet study or a home studio, than a crowded and busy office. The glossy surfaces of the unit was reduced, that makes this multifunctional printer look good after a long-term and not very careful operation.

Notwithstanding the fact, that all the functions of the printer can be controlled due to its LCD sensor panel, which starts and sets up all the modes, it has a lot of other control elements around the panel.

A number dialer is disposes to the left of the display. It is used for telephone and fax operation. Digital answerback unit controls and printer ON/OFF buttons are to the left. A set of four buttons is to the right of the sensor display, with them you could easily work with copier, scanner and PictBridge photo printer. There are other two buttons to the right. They provide copying in color or black-and-white mode.

Interfaces and Connectors

Of course, this multifunction device has not only USB or Ethernet connectors. As other devices of this class MFC-J415W and Brother MFC-210C, the Brother MFC-3340CN printer has on its front panel inputs for connecting SD/MS/CF/xd flash cards, PictBridge port, Walk-and-print port combined with USB port for connecting flash cards and outer hard discs. If you do not want to retouch photos, you will able to print them from any carrier directly. Moreover, the printer has Blue Tooth function, due to which you have a possibility of printing from any BT-compatible devices, like mobile phones and others.

Brother printers MFC-3340CN have to be connected to the telephone line via an ordinary connector to provide fax or telephone communication. You could also connect to the MFD outlet some extra telephone sets.

The USB and Ethernet connectors has unusual location, you could find them inside the printer. The printer cable is protected from external effects. It cannot be occasionally disconnected or broken. This connection has one inconvenience, it shortens the cable. But it concerns only USB connection.

Printing Functions

Except of some cases, the MFD's are mostly used for printing. The MFC-3340CN printer has a classic four-color system with separate cartridges. It is not able to reproduce some tints, nevertheless among its advantages are simplicity and low price.

But Manufacturer is trying to improve the level of its printing quality. The device was provided with Brother Innobella technologies, which require usage of special inks and proper paper. The Designers declare, that the drop size in 1.5 picolitre makes the prints look like six-color ones. Moreover it reduces the cost of printing, the cartridges are supposed to print 450 black-and-white pages and up to 325 color pages.

All this functions are usually provided by many different devices, but the Brother MFC-3340CN wireless inkjet all-in-one printer created a combination of all the necessary functions in one rather modern integral MFD. The presentation of this all-in-one printer took place at technology expositions in New York, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Chicago where it was able to get an approbation and appreciation among users.