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Can native Ethernet output meet color Legal duplex, PIN release, 300 included sheets and 4,000 monthly pages?
Qualifies with a compatible native Windows driver and suitable paper. Exact ordinary input is 300 sheets, and the monthly figure is the recommended maximum. Letter color output is separately rated up to 33 one-sided ppm.
Explore this need in the finder →Are 800 input sheets supplied with ordinary HL-L8360CDW?
Fails: standard ordinary input is 250 cassette plus 50 MP sheets. The separately identified T carton includes a lower tray; it is not assumed here.
Explore this need in the finder →Can the touchscreen printer scan documents to my computer?
Fails: it is a dedicated printer without capture hardware. The application name and network socket do not create a document scanner.
Explore this need in the finder →A dedicated color printer with 300 supplied sheets
The Brother HL-L8360CDW is a color laser printer with a 2.7-inch touchscreen, 512 MB memory and included Gigabit Ethernet. Its ordinary supplied paper configuration is a 250-sheet cassette plus a fifty-sheet multipurpose input. That makes it a useful reference for a compatible workgroup needing color output and native protected release without a lower cassette supplied by default.
This is a dedicated printer. It does not scan, copy or fax, and the name of a mobile application does not add original-capture hardware. A front flash-drive print port provides another output arrangement, not a document scanner. If original capture is essential, choose a configuration with that hardware and the required computer route positively documented.
The ordinary and T cartons have different physical requirements
The ordinary model supplies 300 plain-paper sheets on the stated 20 lb / 80 g/m² basis. Both included paths accept ordinary Letter, Legal and A4 within their documented media ranges. Suitable envelopes use the MP path, with a separate limit of ten and a stated stack-thickness condition rather than the fifty-sheet plain-paper rating.
The 1,300-sheet configuration requires optional lower trays. The original distinguishes the combinations of LT-330CL and LT-340CL accessories and separately identifies the T carton's included lower cassette. Neither an expansion headline nor the T model's standard input is credited to the supplied ordinary printer. Adding trays also changes loading access, cabinet height and placement.
Use the US duplex list and the correct output units
Automatic print duplex in the US operating edition lists Letter, Legal, Folio and Mexico Legal with suitable stock. Ordinary A4 support and an A4 duplex-speed heading elsewhere do not override that precise media list. The paper source, media type and binding remain part of setting up a supported two-sided job.
Brother rates black and color output up to 33 one-sided Letter or 31 A4 pages per minute. Automatic Letter duplex is separately fourteen printed sides, or seven physical sheets, per minute. Those manufacturer declarations use different modes and units; they are not personal timing results. The recommended monthly maximum is 4,000 pages, distinct from the 60,000-page maximum duty figure.
Protected release is a native document workflow
The Windows Secure Print operation assigns a separate four-digit password to a document. On this exact touchscreen branch, the operator opens Functions, chooses Secure Print, selects the user and job, enters the password and releases the copies. Secure data clears after printing and when the machine is switched off. This is a precise held-document routine rather than a general network-security claim.
Hi-Speed USB, Gigabit Ethernet and ordinary 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi provide native printing arrangements. AirPrint, Mopria, Wi-Fi Direct and NFC are separately documented. A phone app is not automatically credited with native protected release or authentication controls. Check usable software for the actual computer and intended connection rather than extrapolating every feature from an original operating-system list.
Supplies and operating access
The inbox declaration is approximately 3,000 black pages and 1,800 in each color. TN-431, TN-433 and TN-436 replacements have separate ISO/IEC 19798 yields, up to approximately 6,500 pages in each TN-436 toner. The drum, belt and waste-toner components are separate maintenance items with job-length and usage conditions. Those declarations do not establish current running cost or remaining life in a particular machine.
The exact ordinary body measures 17.4 × 19.1 × 12.3 inches and weighs 48.1 lb with supplies. The T model's 17.5-inch height and 62.7 lb weight describe another supplied configuration. The US original specifies 110–120 VAC, 50/60 Hz. Leave MP, cassette, rear-path, cable and service space beyond the closed cabinet, and inspect the actual unit and its supplies before relying on its documented network color output.
Key details at a glance
| Color printing | Yes |
|---|---|
| Scanner | No |
| Copying | No |
| Fax | No |
| Flatbed scanner | No |
| Automatic document feeder | No |
| Automatic two-sided printing | Yes |
| Automatic two-sided scanning | No |
| Single-pass two-sided scanning | No |
| Instructed envelope handling | Yes |
| Apple AirPrint | Yes |
| Mopria printing | Yes |
| Supported PIN-release printing | Yes |
| Recommended monthly maximum | 4000 pages |
| Maximum monthly duty | 60000 pages |
| Included ordinary-paper capacity | 300 sheets |
| Declared one-sided mono Letter rate | 33 pages/min |
| Declared one-sided color Letter rate | 33 pages/min |
| Unit-body width | 17.4 in |
| Unit-body depth | 19.1 in |
| Unit-body height | 12.3 in |
| Unit weight | 48.1 lb |
| Imaging engine | laser |
Use the exact model’s instructions for operating limits, supplied equipment and version differences.
Paper, software and setup details
Print-rate conditions
Up to 33 one-sided Letter or 31 A4 ppm in black and color. Letter automatic print duplex separately up to 14 sides / 7 sheets per minute. Recommended monthly maximum 4,000 pages is distinct from 60,000 maximum duty; no personal performance test is claimed.
Paper handling
Exact ordinary HL-L8360CDW includes 250-sheet cassette plus 50-sheet MP input: 300 plain sheets on the stated 20 lb / 80 g/m² basis for Letter, Legal and A4. Optional LT-330CL/LT-340CL trays do not count as included. US automatic duplex media are Letter, Legal, Folio and Mexico Legal; generic A4 duplex-speed wording does not broaden that list. MP envelope limit separately up to ten with stated thickness condition.
Computer and mobile connections
Included Hi-Speed USB, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n ordinary Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct. AirPrint, Mopria and NFC are documented separately from native Windows four-digit document release. Exact 512 MB / 2.7-inch touchscreen configuration is print-only; front flash-drive printing does not supply a scanner.
Supplies and declared yields
Inbox black approximately 3,000 and each color approximately 1,800 pages. TN-431 standard matches those declarations; TN-433 black approximately 4,500 and each color 4,000; TN-436 each approximately 6,500 under ISO/IEC 19798. Separate DR-431CL drum approximately 30,000 pages at one page per job / 50,000 at three; BU-330CL belt approximately 50,000 / 130,000 under those job conditions; WT-320CL approximately 50,000 A4/Letter simplex pages.
Electrical edition and setup
Exact ordinary body 17.4 × 19.1 × 12.3 in. and 48.1 lb with supplies. HL-L8360CDWT height 17.5 in., depth 19.5 in. and 62.7 lb belong to its included lower-tray configuration. US original 110–120 VAC, 50/60 Hz. Leave MP, cassette, rear-path, cable and service access; optional trays change the installation. Verify usable native software for the actual computer.
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