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Pros

  • Cheap toner
  • Color touchscreen LCD
  • Wireless networking

Cons

  • Dark scan quality

At A Glance

A 5-inch color touchscreen enhances this small-office or workgroup machine. It's also fast, with cheap toner and Wi-Fi.

Manufacturer’s Description

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 30ppm 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.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number MFC9970CDW
Requirements
Operating System Compatibility
  • Macintosh OS X 10.5.x
  • Macintosh OS X 10.6.x
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP
Memory
Memory size 0.256 MB
Memory max 0.512 GB
Display
Display size 5.0 inches
Display type Color
Text Only 0
Touchscreen 1
Ports and Connections
USB Yes
Wireless connection Yes
USB Flash Port Yes
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 615.0 watts
Standby Power Draw (watts) 75.0 watts
Green
Energy Star compliant 1.0
Faxing
Fax page memory capacity 500.0
Dimensions
Width 19.3 inches
Depth 20.7 inches
Height 20.9 inches
Weight 62.8 pounds
Media Handling
Standard Number of Input Trays 2.0
Maximum sheet capacity with standard trays 350.0 sheets
Optional Trays Available 1.0
Manual Feed Slot 0.0
Automatic Duplexer Standard
Media Sizes Accepted Legal inches
Dedicated photo tray 0.0
Automatic Document Feeder 1.0
Duty Cycle 60000.0
Resolutions
Monochrome horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi
Monochrome vertical optical resolution 600 dpi
Color vertical optical resolution 600 dpi
Color horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi
Scanning
Scanner Type Flatbed
Maximum Scan Size Legal
Horizontal Optical Scan Resolution 1200.0
Vertical Optical Scan Resolution 2400.0
Platform Support
Printer languages supported
  • PCL
  • PostScript Emulation
Printer Type
Number of Colors 4.0
Colors Available
  • Cyan
  • K (Black)
  • Magenta
  • Yellow
Cost Per Page
Plain Text Page (Highest yield vendor ink) 1.9 cents per page
4-color page (cheapest vendor ink) 12.7 cents per page
Vendor Rated Speeds
Monochrome print speed 30.0 ppm
Color print speed 30.0 ppm
Warranty
Warranty information 1 Year

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)
Print quality: Text Superior
Print quality: Color photo Good
Scan quality: Text Good
Scan quality: Color photo Fair
Scan quality: Line art Good
Copy quality Very Good
PCWorld Test Center (Speed)
Print speed: Text 15.7   ppm
Print speed rating: Text Very Good
Print speed: Color photo 3.2   ppm
Print speed rating: Color photo Very Good
Copy speed 5.2   ppm
Copy speed rating Very Good