T he company that paved the way for widespread use of desktop Multi-Function Centres® for busy office environments has a wider catalogue of imaging devices that are perfect for the bigger end

of town. Whether it’s laser or inkjet technology, monochrome or colour printers, scanning and copying products, label maker, and even mobile printing and scanning facilities, Brother has offerings that can be tailored to many corporate environments, and a proven track record of helping businesses to find the right mix of gear for their needs.

Indeed, a great and vast product portfolio is just the start. Brother also offers top-notch customer support and face to face interaction with the company’s own representatives. It has a local customer support presence in Australia, and this support is free for the lifetime of the products and solutions it supplies. When a business needs a tailor-made solution, Brother has a sales team that’s deployed nationally to discuss the specific requirements of your clients and their environment as a whole.

Whether it’s a solution needed for a retail space, education campuses, or health care, finance, and legal industries, just to name a few, Brother can work with you to identify what the best products are for the job and help with their implementation. It’s a point of difference that stands tall in the imaging industry, and Brother can do this because of the extensive range of products it offers.

For corporate clients whose main imaging needs encompass speed, precision, reliability, versatility, effective total cost of ownership, and accessible after sales support, Brother is the company you want to deal with. If you don’t know much about Brother’s imaging solutions, here is an outline of the flagship products in its print, scan, label, and mobile categories.

MULTI-FUNCTION CENTRES®

First things first: the Multi-Function Centre® (or MFC) offers the best convenience and smallest footprint for corporate customers wanting equipment that’s easy to install and manage. These all-in-one devices can print, scan, copy, and fax, as well as harness Cloud services.

In the colour laser space, the MFC-L9550CDW is king, capable of pumping out 30 colour pages per minute (ppm). Meanwhile, the MFC-8950DW is a monochrome device that pushes out 40ppm. Both units feature necessary technology for improving overall office efficiency when it comes to paper usage and handling, including duplex printing and scanning, as well as an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) for their scanner. Both of these machines are channel exclusives.

Customers looking for an MFC that can handle A3 prints should be introduced to the MFC-J6920DW. It’s an inkjet-based MFC that’s capable of pushing out 22ppm, and it has many of the same features as the laser-based machines, such as duplexing and an ADF. It also comes with Cloud capabilities, and Near Field Communication (NFC) can be used for the quick pairing of mobile devices.

Brother is number one in the market for A3 inkjets and monochrome MFCs. It holds three-quarters of the market share for A3 inkjets,and one-third of the market share for monochrome MFCs. Its colour MFCs hold one-fifth of the market share. These telling statistics from IDC Data - December 2014 reflect the high functionality, ease of use, reliability, and low overall TCO that’s offered by these machines.

PRINTERSBrother uses inkjet technology for its flagship commercial printer, the HL-S7000DN, and it flies. We’re talking about a rate of 100ppm. If a client has mass

MOBILE PRINTING AND SCANNING Brother’s ability to offer both fixed imaging gear for offices, as well as mobile solutions, is part of what makes it such a great contender in the imaging space. It allows corporations to cover all bases, and adds flexibility to increasingly mobile workforces.

The PocketJet PJ-673 is a compact and rugged A4 printer that can print on A4 cut sheets or perforated roll paper. There are accessories to make it work for all sorts of scenarios, but for the most part, it’s a printer that can be used anywhere, anytime.

It runs on rechargeable batteries that can be charged via vehicle adapters if needed, and it makes use of direct thermal technology rather than ink or toner, which keeps things simple when it’s time to replenish its consumables.

Its quality is 300 dots per inch (dpi), which makes it suitable for printing detailed documents, and the thermal paper that’s used has longevity of up to 20 years. At only 473g, it can be carried around by a sales team, for example, or even mounted in a car or truck. Wireless capability allows for printing from

iPads and iPhones, and an Air Print version is coming later this year.

Scanning while in the field is also possible. Brother’s DS-720D is an A4 scanner that’s about the same size as the PJ-673, but it’s equipped with the ability to scan double-sided documents in one pass at a resolution of up to 600x600dpi. It works via USB on Windows

and Mac computers, making it a perfect complement to existing gear in a busy office, and a nifty tool for employees who work remotely.

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printing needs and speed is of the essence, it’s an inkjet product that can’t be beat. But not only does it provide plenty of speed, it uses 60 per cent less energy than a comparable laser device, and it’s a printer that can grow as a business grows – literally, it can handle three lower paper trays – and its ink cartridges are good for 30,000 pages. It’s the pinnacle of office printing as far as speed and overall efficiency are concerned, and best suits high-volume, large workgroup environments.

For laser printing, there is the monochrome HL-6180DW and the colour HL-L9200CDW. Both of these pure laser printers are fast, with the monochrome printer capable of hitting 40ppm, and the colour printer capable of 30ppm. You guessed it: they also come with a duplexer. These are medium-volume printers for smaller workgroups, or when stand-alone devices are needed.

Accessing these printers (and the MFCs mentioned earlier) from mobile devices is possible via Brother’s iPrint&Scan app. There is also a Brother print service that can be installed on Android devices. Apple Air Print is supported, as are cloud services such as Google Cloud Print.

HIGH-SPEED SCANNINGA product such as the PDS-6000 scanner should be considered if your clients are in need of heavy duty document scanning gear. This model

represents Brother’s first foray in high-volume desktop scanning, and it’s a unit that will blow you away with its speed. Simply load it with a stack of documents (single or

double-sided) and watch the machine suck them through its rollers at a rate of 60ppm. For a client with high-end document scanning needs, it’s a no-brainer of a product, and it highlights the engineering that Brother puts into its products to ensure they meet end-user expectations. LABEL MAKERSIt’s not immediately obvious, but label making can be a vital task for many corporate clients, not just for those looking to print barcodes and addresses, but also for those in research, law, and cataloguing fields, to name a few. It

might be okay to print out a paper label and apply it with some sticky tape in a one-off situation, but when the job requires long-lasting, professional looking labels, a high-end, dedicated label maker is a must.

The Brother P-touch is world famous for making labels, and the current cream of the crop is the PT-P750W. It uses thermal technology, it can print directly from mobile devices and networked computers, and it excels when it comes to multi-label, durable prints, thanks to its label making speed of 30mm per second. Labels can be printed and attached without a fuss.

The QL-720NW label maker is a high-speed wireless device with mobility and convenience in mind. It features easy to use drop-in thermal paper rolls and a cutter. Something like this is effective for printing barcodes, visitor badges, address labels (93 addresses per minute at its fastest), or custom-length banners.

LEFT: Brother HL-S7000DN commercial printerRIGHT: Brother PT-P750W label maker

Brother PDS-6000 desktop scanner Brother PJ-673 mobile printer

Brother MFC-L9550CDW

A TOTAL CORPORATE SOLUTIONWith such a large portfolio of devices spanning across the print, scan, label, and mobility segments, it’s clearly apparent that Brother is highly equipped to furnish the imaging needs of corporate customers, regardless of their size and the complexity of their needs. Furthermore, the products are intuitive for end users, and highly friendly for IT administrators to manage. Add the support and guidance that’s on offer, and Brother becomes your perfect partner.

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