Brother MFC-L2700DW Review

This is very good home or small office printing solution. With a price of 189 AUD in the late 2015 this multifunctional printer offers decent printing quality, duplex printing, flatbed and feeder scanning options, fax and 3 ways to communicate with it, usb cable, lan cable and wifi.

What is inside this nice machine

      

     

  

How to easy set up network connection

Short listed specificatons

Printer Type			Laser
Print Method			Electrophotographic Laser Printer
Memory Capacity			(DCP-L2500D/DCP-L2520DW/DCP-L2540DN/MFC-L2700DN/MFC-L2700DW) 32 MB (DCP-L2560DW/MFC-L2720DW/MFC-L2740DW) 64 MB
LCD (liquid crystal display)			(DCP-L2500D/DCP-L2520DW/DCP-L2540DN/MFC-L2700DN/MFC-L2700DW) 16 characters x 2 lines (DCP-L2560DW/MFC-L2720DW/MFC-L2740DW) 2.7 in. (67.5 mm) *1 TFT Colour Touchscreen LCD and Touchpanel
Power Source			220 - 240 V AC 50/60Hz

Interface specification:

USB *1 *2	Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Use a USB 2.0 interface cable that is no more than 2.0 metres long.
LAN	(DCP-L2540DN/DCP-L2560DW/MFC-L2700DN/MFC-L2700DW/MFC-L2720DW/MFC-L2740DW) 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX Use a straight-through Category 5 (or greater) twisted-pair cable.
Wireless LAN	(DCP-L2520DW/DCP-L2560DW/MFC-L2700DW/MFC-L2720DW/MFC-L2740DW) IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure/Ad-hoc Mode) IEEE 802.11g/n (Wi-Fi Direct™)

*1

Your machine has a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface. The machine can also be connected to a computer that has a USB 1.1 interface.

*2

Third party USB ports are not supported

Supported Protocols and Security Features

Ethernet

10Base-T/100Base-TX

Wireless LAN

IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure Mode/Ad-hoc Mode), IEEE 802.11g/n (Wi-Fi Direct™)

Protocols (IPv4)

ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port 9100, IPP, FTP Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP Server, TFTP Client and Server, SMTP Client, ICMP, Web Services (Print/Scan), SNTP Client (for MFC models), POP3 (When Internet FAX is downloaded.) , IMAP4 (When Internet FAX is downloaded.)

Protocols (IPv6)

NDP, RA, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/ Port 9100, IPP, FTP Server, SNMPv1/v2c, HTTP Server, TFTP Client and Server, SMTP Client, ICMPv6, Web Services (Print/Scan), SNTP Client (for MFC models), POP3 (When Internet FAX is downloaded.) , IMAP4 (When Internet FAX is downloaded.)

Network Security (Wired)

SMTP-AUTH, SNMP v3, APOP (When Internet FAX is downloaded.)

Network Security (Wireless)

SMTP-AUTH, SNMP v3, APOP (When Internet FAX is downloaded.)

Wireless Network Security

WEP 64/128 bit, WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK (AES)

Wireless Certification

Wi-Fi Certification Mark License (WPA™/WPA2™ - Personal), Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS) Identifier Mark License, AOSS™ Logo, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™

For full specification list look here: http://support.brother.com/g/b/spec.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=mfcl2700dw_us_eu_as