Brother MFC-J4540DW: INKvestment Inkjet Printer for Home & Small Offices
An ideal choice for home and small offices, the Brother MFC-J4540DW offers business-quality printing with high-capacity INKvestment ink cartridges. It features ? 2-Year Warranty# and ? 1-Year Ink In-box.
Key Features
- Up to 1-Year of Ink In-box* (Black: Up to 2,600 pages¹, CMY: Up to 1,900 pages¹)
- Fast print speeds up to 20ppm²
- Automatic 2-sided (duplex) printing
- Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) up to 20 sheets³
- Paper capacity across two paper trays up to 400 sheets³
- 6.8cm colour LCD touchscreen
- Monitor ink usage with Page Gauge
- Mobile compatible - download the Brother Mobile Connect app¹¹
- Connectivity: ? USB, ? Ethernet, ? Wireless, ? Wi-Fi Direct, NFC
- Replacement INKvestment inks: LC436 BK (Up to 3,000 black pages¹), LC436 CMY (Up to 1,500 colour pages¹), LC436XL BK (Up to 6,000 black pages¹), LC436XL CMY (Up to 5,000 colour pages¹)
Functional Overview
The Brother MFC-J4540DW supports the following core functions:
- ?️ Print
- ? Copy
- ? Scan
- ? Fax
- ? Wireless
Exceptional Savings
Experience super convenient, truly uninterrupted printing and exceptional savings with up to 2,600 pages¹ of Black ink and up to 1,900 pages¹ of each colour ink provided in-box – that's up to 1 year* of ink. Brother's INKvestment Tank re-engineered ink storage tank helps deliver more printed pages, helping you save money.
Performance
Moving at the Speed of Business
Complete your work quicker with fast printing speeds of up to 20ppm², 2-sided (duplex) printing speeds of up to 11ppm², a super quick First Page Out Time (FPOT) of 5.8 seconds, and scanning speeds of up to 17ipm¹⁰. You'll spend less time waiting and more time working.
Business-Quality Features
With fast printing up to 20ppm², 2-sided (duplex) A4 printing, scanning, and versatile paper handling (including a 150 sheet standard paper tray, a 250-sheet lower paper tray, and a 20 sheet ADF³), the MFC-J4540DW has all the productivity features and cost-saving benefits that every home or small office needs. Enjoy the latest in technology with premium pigment-based inks for blacker blacks and more vivid colours.
Versatile Connectivity Options
Print wirelessly from your desktop, laptop, smartphone, and tablet for mobile device printing and scanning via the Brother Mobile Connect app¹¹. Access an array of features including sending print jobs and checking ink levels. Print-from and scan-to popular cloud services including Google Drive™, Dropbox™, OneDrive™, and more directly from the printer's large 6.8cm LCD touchscreen.
Designed to Go the Distance
Built to perform for longer, the MFC-J4540DW has been designed with you in mind with a 2-year Return to Base Warranty# included. Made from robust and hard-wearing materials, it includes a newly designed premium long-life print head and is supported by outstanding free technical support for the lifetime of the product.
Specifications
General
| CPU Speed | 576MHz |
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| Display | 6.8cm LCD touch screen |
| Memory Capacity | 128MB |
| Ink Page Gauge | Yes |
Paper
| Standard Tray | 150 sheets (80g/m²) |
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| Output Paper Capacity | 100 sheets (80 g/m²) |
| Media Sizes/Standard Tray | A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, A6, Photo (102x152mm/4x6"), Indexcard (127x203mm/5x8"), Photo-2L (127x178mm/5x7"), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch, Photo-L (89x127mm/3.5x5"), Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal |
| Media Types & Weights/Standard Tray | Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (cast/resin), Recycled & 64-220g/m² |
| Lower Tray | 250 sheets (80 g/m2) |
| Media Sizes/Lower Tray | A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal |
| Media Types & Weights/Lower Tray | Plain, Recycled & 64-120g/m2 |
| Paper Input/ADF | 20 pages (80g/m²) |
| Media Sizes/ADF (width/length) | 148/148mm to 215.9/355.6mm (*Documents that are longer than 297mm must be fed one page at a time.) |
| Media Types & Weights/ADF | Plain, Recycled & 64-90g/m² |
| Media Sizes/Scanner Glass (width/length) | Up to 215.9/297mm |
| Paper Input/Manual Feed Slot | 1 sheet |
| Media Sizes/Manual Feed Slot | A4, LTR, LGL, EXE, A5, A6, Photo (102x152mm/4x6"), Indexcard (127x203mm/5x8"), Photo-2L (127x178mm/5x7"), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch, Photo-L (89x127mm/3.5x5"), Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal |
| Media Types & Weights/Manual Feed Slot | Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (cast/resin), Recycled & 64-300g/m² |
| Media Sizes | PC Print (Auto Duplex) A4/A5/Letter/EXE; Copy - Simplex A4/A5/Letter/EXE |
| Media Types & Weights/Auto Duplex | Plain, Recycled & 64-105g/m² |
| Print Speed² | 20ppm mono / 19ppm colour |
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| First Print Out Time⁵ | 5.8 Secs Mono / 5.9 secs Colour |
| Duplex Print Speed (A4,LTR)² | 11.0 mono/10.0 colour |
| Resolution (horizontal x vertical) | Up to 1200x4800 dpi |
| Emulation | GDI |
| Auto Duplex Print | Yes (A4, LTR, EXE, A5) |
| Quiet Mode | Yes |
Print Functions
- N-up Printing: Reduce up to 2, 4, 9 or 16 A4 pages into just one A4 page
- Poster Printing⁷: Enlarge 1 A4 page into a poster using 4, 9, 16 or 25 A4 pages
- Watermark Printing: Watermark your documents with predefined text or with your own user-defined messages
- ID Printing⁷: Add identification to your printed documents (date & time, short custom message or PC username)
- Booklet Printing⁷: Print documents in A5 booklet format using manual 2-sided (duplex) print
- Print Profiles: Store your favourite driver settings as profiles to easily recall them
Copy
| Copy Speed⁸ | 13.0ipm mono / 10.5ipm colour |
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| First Copy Out Time⁹ | 10.5 secs mono / 13.0 secs colour |
| Copy Speed ESAT (simplex scan to duplex print) | 5.0ipm mono / 4.5ipm colour |
| Resolution (horizontal x vertical)/ Mono | Print: Max. 1200x2400 dpi; Scan: Max. 1200x1200 dpi |
| Resolution (horizontal x vertical)/ Colour | Print: Max. 1200x2400 dpi; Scan: Max. 1200x600 dpi |
| Multiple Copy | Up to 99 |
| Multi Copy/Stack | Yes |
| Mutiple Copy/Sort | Yes |
| Reduction/Enlargement (%) | 25 - 400 in 1% increments |
| N in 1 | 2in1/2in1(ID)/4in1 |
| Poster | Yes (3x3, 2X2, 2x1) |
Fax
| Modem Speed (bps) | 14,400 (FAX) |
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| Sending | Yes (Network/USB, Up to A4) |
| Receiving | Yes (Network/USB, Up to A4), N/A for MAC |
| PC Fax Send and Receive | Send / Receive from Windows, Send only from MAC (Network / USB) |
| Memory Transmission (ITU-T Test Chart #1/MMR) | Up to 180 pages |
| Out-of-Paper Reception (ITU-T Test Chart #1/MMR) | Up to 180 pages |
| Auto Reduction | Yes - When receiving a single page document longer than A4 (297mm) the fax machine will automatically reduce the message to fit onto a single A4 sheet |
| PC Fax Broadcasting | Yes - Send the same fax message up to 50 locations |
Scan
| Scanner Type | CIS (Contact Image Sensor) |
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| Colour & Mono Scanning | Yes |
| Scanning Speed Multiple sheets⁹ | 17ipm mono / 7ipm colour |
| Resolution (horizontal x vertical)/ Optical | FB: 1200 x 2400 dpi; ADF: 1200 x 600 dpi |
| Multi-page Scan to Single PDF files | iPrint&Scan Desktop and Brother Mobile Connect app |
| Auto Crop | Yes (TWAIN only) |
| Base Colour Removal | Yes |
| Auto Deskew | Yes |
| Document Scanning width/length | FB: 213.9mm (8.42in)/ 295mm (11.61in); ADF: 213.9mm (8.42in)/ 353.6mm (13.92in) |
| Colour Depth (Input/Output) | Colour Depth: 30bit colour Processing (Input) / 24 bit colour Processing (Output) /256 levels per colour; Gray Scale: 10bit colour Processing (Input) / 8bit colour Processing (Output) /256 levels |
Scan Functions
- Scan to/Image: Yes
- Scan to/OCR: Yes
- Scan to/Email: Yes
- Scan to/File: Yes
- Scan to/Media (USB Memory): Yes
- Scan to/FTP: Yes
- Scan to/Network: Yes
- Scan to/SFTP: Yes
- Scan to/Sharepoint (Firm/PC): Yes
Scan Drivers
| Windows® | TWAIN & WIA, Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10, Windows® 11 |
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| Macintosh | Mac OS X 10.14.6 - 10.15, macOS 11 |
Connectivity
| USB Interface | Hi-Speed USB 2.0 |
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| USB Host | Yes (Print: JPEG, Scan to USB: JPEG/PDF -colour, TIFF/PDF - mono) |
| USB Host (for External IC Card Reader) | Yes (Shortcut, Secure Function Lock) |
| Wireless LAN(2.4GHz) | Yes |
| LAN/Ethernet | Yes |
| Brother Mobile Connect¹¹ | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| AirPrint | Yes |
| Mopria¹¹ | Yes |
| Brother Print Service Plugin¹¹ | Yes |
| Cloud | Web Connect (Connect with 3rd party services): Yes; Apps (Brother original services): Yes |
Network & Security
| Wireless Network | IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure); IEEE 802.11g/n (Wi-Fi Direct) |
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| Wireless Security | SSID (32 chr), WEP 64/128bit, WPA-PSK(TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK(TKIP/AES) |
| Wireless Certification | Wi-Fi Certification Mark License (WPATM/WPA2TM - Enterprise, Personal), Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Identifier Mark License, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED; Wi-Fi Direct |
| Wireless Network Security | Wi-Fi Certification Mark License (WPATM/WPA2TM - Enterprise, Personal), Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Identifier Mark License, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED; Wi-Fi Direct |
| Wired Network Security | SMTP-AUTH, SSL/TLS (IPPS, HTTPS, SMTP), SNMP v3, 802.1x (EAP-MD5, EAP-FAST, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS), Kerberos, Ipsec |
| Active Directory Authentication | Yes |
| LDAP Authentication | Yes |
| IP Filter | Yes |
| Protocols (IPv4) | ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP, SNMPv1/v2c, TFTP server, ICMP, Web Services (Print/Scan), SNTP Client, HTTP Server. |
| Protocols (IPv6) | NDP, RA, mDNS, LLMNR Responder, DNS Resolver, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP, SNMPv1/v2c, TFTP server, Web Services (Print/Scan), SNTP Client, ICMPv6, HTTP Server |
| Network Connection (wired) | Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX Auto Negotiation |
| Network Management | BRAdmin Windows Only (by download) |
| Network Security (wired) | SMTP-AUTH, SSL/TLS (IPPS, HTTPS, SMTP), SNMP v3, 802.1x (EAP-MD5, EAP-FAST, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS), Kerberos, Ipsec |
| Embedded Web Server (EWS) | Yes (Recommend Browser: Internet Explorer 11/Edge (for Windows), Safari 10/11 (for Mac), Chrome (for Android), Chrome/Safari (for iOS) Recommend OS: 4.x or later (for Android), 10.x or later (for iOS)) |
Supplies and Accessories
| In-box Cartridges¹ | LC436 BK - Up to 2,600 pages; LC436 CMY - Up to 1,900 pages |
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| High-yield Replacement Cartridges¹ | LC436XL BK - Up to 6,000 pages; LC436XL CMY - Up to 5,000 pages |
| Standard-yield Replacement Cartridges¹ | LC436 BK - Up to 3,000 pages; LC436 CMY - Up to 1,500 pages |
| Recommended Monthly Print Volume | 200 to 2,000 pages |
| Maximum Monthly Volume¹² | Up to 30,000 pages |
Dimensions
| Carton Dimension | W 497 x D 312 x H 464mm |
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| Carton Weight | 12.3kgs |
| Machine Dimensions | W 435 x D 372 x H 250mm |
| Machine Weight | 10.4kg |
Environment
| Power Consumption | Networked Standby: Approx. 1.9W; Copying Mode: Approx. 21W; Ready Mode: Approx. 3.5W; Sleep Mode: Approx. 1.2W; Off: Approx 0.2W |
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| Sound Pressure Level (Operating) | 57db |
| Sound Power Level (Printing) | 6.76b(A) |
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