If you are in the market looking for an A3 Printer Scanner, there has always been a misconception that these are quite difficult to find; if found, these machines may prove to be costly. Therefore, most people opt to take the route of purchasing an A3 printer and an A3 scanner separately. This is still doable if you wouldn’t mind the clutter on your desk.
However, if you know where to look, you will be able to find A3 Printer Scanners or All-in-Ones that are not as costly as you may initially think they are.
Brother, the leading manufacturer of multifunction printers, has come out with various models that offer printing, scanning and copying up to a maximum size of A3 or 11“x 17” at quite reasonable prices. Looking for these same models from other retailer sites like Amazon or similar gives you even more chances of purchasing them at lesser rates.
To give you an idea of what is available, here are some of the models that Brother offers.
Brother MFC-6490CW
Professional Series Inkjet All-in-One Printer with up to 11″ x 17″ Printing and Dual Paper Trays
The Professional Series MFC-6490CW color inkjet All-in-One offers the ultimate in versatility with up to ledger (11″x17″) size print / scan / copy / fax. It also uses up to 6000 x 1200 dpi high quality resolutions, helping you create impressive everyday business documents such as reports, proposals, spreadsheets, and presentations. Other great features include Widescreen 3.3″ color LCD display, uses high yield ink cartridges and includes a 2-year limited warranty.
It generates print speeds of up to an approximate maximum of 35 pages per minute (ppm) in black and 28 pages per minute (ppm) in color. Uses high yield 4-cartridge ink system that means you only change the cartridge that runs empty and needs to be replaced.
Copy speeds are up to 23 copies per minute (cpm) in black and 20 copies per minute (cpm) in color. Its Automatic Document Feeder accommodates up to 50-sheets, it likewise allows for stand alone copying with reduction and enlargement from 25% to 400%.
It offers B/W and Color scanning using up to an optical scan resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi. You can scan to different file formats that include TIFF, JPEG, BMP, MAX, HTM, PCX, DCX, PNG, FPX, and PDF. It also has a special ‘Scan-to’ feature that allows you to scan direct to E-mail, Image, E-mail Server, FTP, OCR, Media Cards, File and USB Flash Memory Drive.
Faxing in B/W and Color is another plus using a Hi-Speed Super G3 33.6K bps Fax Modem with its best transmission speed at 3 seconds per page.
It also allows you to share it within your local network or workgroup, by just plugging it into your wired or wireless router and share it to print, scan, PC Fax and access to the digital camera media cards or USB flash memory.
The MFC-6490CW has already been discontinued by Brother but it is still available on Amazon new at around $220, and refurbished at $195.
Brother MFC-J6510DW
Professional Series Inkjet All-in-One Printer with up to 11″ x 17″ Duplex Printing
Like the MFC-6490CW, the J6510DW offers up to 11” x 17” printing, scanning, copying, and faing, but with the additional twist of duplex printing that saves a lot on paper. Scan glass size is 11” x 17” that could easily scan A3 size documents in one pass. It has a dual tray, one with a standard input paper capacity of 250-sheets, and the multi-purpose tray for unattended fax, copy or scan using up to 35 pages. It also has a single sheet bypass tray that allows convenient, straight through, single sheet feeding for up to 11″ x 17″ paper, envelopes or thicker media.
It can likewise be setup easily on a wired or wireless Ethernet network. However, with the USB Direct Interface, you can also print files from or scan to your USB flash memory drive, or print images directly from your PictBridge-enabled digital device such as a camera, PDA, or phone.
Print speeds are up to 35 ppm in black, and 27 ppm in color using print resolutions of up to 6000 x 1200 dpi. Like the 6490CW, it also uses a 4-cartridge ink system.
Copy speeds may reach up to 23 cpm in black and 20 cpm in color, with the reduction and enlargement capability ranging from 25% to 400%. It scans in B/W and Color with maximum optical scan resolutions of up to 2400 x 2400 dpi on the flatbed; and 2400 x 1200 dpi on the ADF.
Faxes as well on B/W and color with a transmission speed of 3 seconds per page. It can store incoming faxes even when out of paper up to 400 pages. The 3.3” Widescreen color LCD display gives you access to easy navigation of menus and fax previews.
The MFC-J6510DW is still currently available on the Brother site at its retail value of $250, whereas on Amazon you may get it for as low as $183.
In a Nutshell
These are just a couple of choices from Brother which are readily available in the market. So, if you think it is difficult to find then think again as these machines from Brother are definitely affordable and easy to get as well as easy to setup.
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