Brother MFC-8520DN Basic User's Guide

General information
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e Double-click top.pdf. If the country
screen appears, choose your country.
f After the list of User’s Guides appears,
choose the Guide you want to read.
How to find Scanning instructions 1
There are several ways you can scan
documents. You can find the instructions as
follows:
Software User's Guide
 Scanning
 ControlCenter
 Network Scanning
Presto! PageManager User’s Guide
Note
• Presto! PageManager must be installed
before use.
• (Macintosh users) Presto! PageManager
must be downloaded. For further
instructions, see Accessing Brother
Support (Macintosh) uu page 4.
 The complete Presto! PageManager
User’s Guide can be viewed from the Help
section in the Presto! PageManager
application.
How to find Network setup instructions
Your machine can be connected to a wired
network.
Basic setup instructions uu Quick Setup
Guide
More information about network setup
uu Network User's Guide
How to access the
User's Guides for
Advanced Features
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You can view and download these Guides
from the Brother Solutions Center at:
http://solutions.brother.com/
Click Manuals on your model's page to
download the documentation.
Google Cloud Print Guide 1
This Guide provides details on how to
configure your Brother machine to a Google
account and use Google Cloud Print services
for printing over the Internet from devices
using Gmail™ for mobile, GOOGLE DOCS™
for mobile and applications for the Chrome
OS.
Mobile Print/Scan Guide for Brother
iPrint&Scan 1
This Guide provides useful information about
printing JPEG and PDF
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files from your
mobile device and scanning from your
Brother machine to your mobile device when
connected on a Wi-Fi network.
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PDF printing is not supported on Windows
®
Phone.

Brother MFC-8520DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Duplex printing mode	Auto
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	36 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	9 ppm
PictBridge	No
Scan speed	2.68 sec/page
Dimensions (WxDxH)	405 x 415 x 423 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Color all-in-one functions	Scan
Printing colors	Black
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	500 - 3500 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	1
Page description languages	BR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 6
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4, 9, 16, 25
Time to first copy (black, normal)	10.5 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	36 cpm
Scan to	E-mail, E-mail Server, File, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Scan drivers	ICA, ISIS, TWAIN
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	48 bit
Maximum scan area	Legal (216 x 356) mm
Output color depth	24 bit
Image formats supported	BMP, JPG
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Document formats supported	PDF
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax coding methods	JBIG, JPEG, MH, MMR (Fax coding method), MR
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Paper input type	Paper tray
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Maximum input capacity	850 sheets
Maximum number of input trays	2
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	50 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	35 sheets
Custom media width	76.2 - 215.9 mm
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Custom media length	127 - 355.6 mm
Paper tray media types	Bond paper, Plain paper, Pre-Printed, Recycled paper, Thin paper
Paper tray media weight	60 - 105 g/m²
Non-ISO print media sizes	Legal
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Multi-purpose tray media types	Bond paper, Envelopes, Heavyweight paper, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m²
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weight	64 - 90 g/m²
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Home & office
Display number of lines	5 lines
Display number of characters	22
Standard interfaces	Ethernet, USB 2.0
Security algorithms	802.1x RADIUS, EAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, MD5, PEAP
Processor family	Star Sapphire
Maximum internal memory	384 MB
Sound power level (standby)	37 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	59 dB
Sound pressure level (quiet mode)	54 dB
AC input voltage	220 - 240 V
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (off)	1.2 W
Power consumption (standby)	8.1 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	336 W
Power consumption (average operating)	651 W
Package weight	20.100 g
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR