Specifications

 

Computer requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Platform &

Supported

PC

Processor

Minimum

Recommended

Hard Disk Space to install

 

 

Operating System

PCSoftware

Minimum

For

For

D

 

Interface

RAM

RAM

 

 

Version

Functions

Speed

 

 

Drivers

Applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

 

Windows® 2000

Printing,

USB,

Intel® Pentium® II

64 MB

256 MB

110 MB

340 MB

 

Operating

 

Professional 5

PC Fax

10/100

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

System 1

 

 

Send 4,

Base-TX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP Home 2 5

 

128 MB

 

110 MB

340 MB

 

 

 

 

Scanning,

(Ethernet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP

Removable

(MFC-295CN),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional 2 5

Disk

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.11b/g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP

 

(MFC-253CW/

64-bit (Intel®64 or

256 MB

512 MB

110 MB

340 MB

 

 

 

 

Professional x64

 

255CW/257CW)

AMD64) supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edition 2

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows

 

 

Intel® Pentium® 4

512 MB

1 GB

600 MB

530 MB

 

 

 

 

Vista® 2

 

 

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64-bit (Intel®64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD64) supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server®

Printing

10/100

Intel® Pentium®III

256 MB

512 MB

50 MB

N/A

 

 

 

 

2003 (print only via

 

Base-TX

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network)

 

(Ethernet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MFC-295CN),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server®

 

64-bit (Intel®64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003 x64 Edition

 

802.11b/g

AMD64) supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(print only via network)

 

(MFC-253CW/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server®

 

255CW/257CW)

Intel® Pentium® 4or

512 MB

2 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008(print onlyvia

 

 

equivalent 64-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network)

 

 

(Intel®64 or AMD64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

 

Mac OS X

Printing,

USB 3,

PowerPC G4/G5

128 MB

256 MB

80 MB

400 MB

 

Operating

 

10.3.9 - 10.4.3

PC Fax

10/100

PowerPC G3

 

 

 

 

 

System

 

 

Send 4,

Base-TX

350MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning,

(Ethernet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X

PowerPC G4/G5

512 MB

1 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Removable

(MFC-295CN),

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.4.4 - 10.5.x

Disk 6

Wireless

Intel® Core™

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.11b/g

Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MFC-253CW/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

255CW/257CW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.5 or greater.

For the latest driver updates, visit us at

 

 

2

For WIA, 1200 ⋅ 1200 resolution. Brother Scanner

http://solutions.brother.com/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 ⋅ 19200 dpi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3Third party USB ports are not supported.All trademarks, brand and product names are the

4

PC Fax supports monochrome only.

property of their respective companies.

 

5PaperPort™ 11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or higher for Windows® 2000 and SP2 or higher for XP.

6Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture Center™.

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