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Can native Ethernet combine all functions, color Legal duplex output, automatic Legal capture, Legal glass and PIN release?
Qualifies with compatible native Windows TWAIN/printing software, suitable paper and separate telephone setup. Exact included input is 300 sheets, with output rated up to 30 one-sided color Letter ppm.
Explore this need in the finder →Can I require both original sides to be captured in one pass?
Fails: automatic two-sided capture is positive, but the physical mechanism is unestablished in the exact read sources. It is not labeled single-pass.
Explore this need in the finder →Does the standard package include 800-sheet input?
Fails: 300 ordinary sheets are included. The additional 500-sheet lower tray is optional.
Explore this need in the finder →Automatic Legal originals on a color all-in-one
The Brother MFC-9970CDW is a discontinued color laser all-in-one with Legal glass, a fifty-page automatic duplex feeder and a five-inch color touchscreen. It fits a compatible workgroup needing color Legal documents, native protected print release and automatic capture of both original sides. Its useful qualification is that the exact Legal duplex range is documented, while the scanner's physical method remains unestablished.
The detailed product description and original confirm color capture and copying, resolving contradictory generic monochrome-scan, monochrome-copy and sheet-fed-style cells on the surviving page. Its smaller MFC-9460CDN/MFC-9560CDW relatives also have different body and output columns. Those generic or neighboring values are not substituted for the exact MFC-9970CDW original.
Legal duplex is real; single-pass remains unknown
The original separately gives single-sided and automatic two-sided feeder originals a maximum fourteen-inch length. The glass also reaches fourteen inches. Feeder capacity uses staggered loading on a 20 lb paper basis. This establishes Legal automatic duplex capture directly, rather than borrowing a simplex feeder or glass limit.
The actual TWAIN chapter explicitly names MFC-9970CDW for its duplex selection. It uses the ADF, sets document size and scan type, and disallows prescanning or adjustable cropping in that routine. Reversing versus single-pass mechanics remain unestablished, so ordinary automatic duplex is supported without a single-pass claim. WIA versions have additional restrictions and are not used to promise the same workflow universally.
Native computer connections and four-digit release
Included Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet and ordinary 802.11b/g Wi-Fi support compatible desktop printing and scanning. The actual TWAIN workflow selects the local scanner or its LAN entry. Original Server compatibility rows remain network-print-only. Telephone fax follows its separate documented line arrangement rather than becoming a function of the Ethernet socket.
Native Secure Print holds a supported job until the user selects it and enters the four-digit password at the touchscreen. Printed protected data clears, as does stored data at power-off, and multiple-copy restrictions apply. Front USB flash scanning and printing is another distinct operation. AirPrint, Mopria and Wi-Fi Direct remain unestablished; ad-hoc networking is not relabeled Direct.
Included paper and Letter output
The cassette holds 250 sheets and the multipurpose tray another fifty on the stated plain-paper basis. Both support Letter, Legal and A4. Reaching the advertised 800-sheet arrangement needs the optional 500-sheet lower tray. Suitable envelopes use the separately instructed multipurpose route; ordinary paper capacity does not describe how many envelopes or glossy sheets can be fed.
The exact US automatic print-duplex list is Letter, Legal and Folio. Ordinary A4 input does not extend that list. One-sided output is rated up to thirty Letter pages per minute in both black and color, with Letter print duplex separately up to fourteen sides or seven sheets per minute. These are maker declarations rather than personal timing results. No exact numerical recommended monthly volume is established in the read sources.
Separate supplies and the full cabinet
The included toner declaration is approximately 2,500 black pages and 1,500 each color pages. TN-310 replacements use those standard yields; TN-315 increases black to approximately 6,000 and colors to approximately 3,500 under ISO/IEC 19798. Drum, belt and waste-toner box are separate maintenance items with their own conditions. These figures do not establish current running cost or remaining life.
The loaded cabinet measures 19.3 × 20.7 × 20.9 inches and weighs 62.8 lb. The US original specifies 110–120 VAC, 50/60 Hz. Leave Legal-lid, feeder, paper-path, cable and maintenance access. Verify usable native software, the installed tray configuration and telephone setup. If a confirmed single-pass mechanism is essential, compare an exact model documenting that method rather than treating every automatic duplex feeder as equivalent.
Key details at a glance
| Color printing | Yes |
|---|---|
| Scanner | Yes |
| Copying | Yes |
| Fax | Yes |
| Flatbed scanner | Yes |
| Automatic document feeder | Yes |
| Automatic two-sided printing | Yes |
| Automatic two-sided scanning | Yes |
| Color scanning | Yes |
| Instructed envelope handling | Yes |
| Supported PIN-release printing | Yes |
| Included ordinary-paper capacity | 300 sheets |
| Document-feeder capacity | 50 sheets |
| Declared one-sided mono Letter rate | 30 pages/min |
| Declared one-sided color Letter rate | 30 pages/min |
| Unit-body width | 19.3 in |
| Unit-body depth | 20.7 in |
| Unit-body height | 20.9 in |
| Unit weight | 62.8 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 30 one-sided Letter ppm in both black and color for this exact model. Automatic Letter print duplex separately up to 14 sides / 7 sheets per minute. No numerical recommended monthly volume or maximum duty established in the read exact US sources; generic definition footnotes supply neither value.
Paper handling
Included 250-sheet cassette plus 50-sheet MP tray at stated 20 lb / 80 g/m² basis, both supporting Letter, Legal and A4. Optional additional 500-sheet tray is excluded from base 300. Exact US automatic print-duplex media Letter, Legal and Folio with appropriate stock. Suitable envelopes use the separate MP routine, and glossy paper follows its particular single-sheet/path conditions.
Scanning arrangement
50-page staggered ADF at stated 20 lb / 80 g/m² basis. Exact original separately lists single-sided and automatic two-sided ADF originals up to 14 in.; separate glass also reaches Legal at 14 in. Actual TWAIN computer duplex capture names MFC-9970CDW. Physical reversing versus single-pass method remains unestablished: adf_duplex_unspecified preserves ordinary automatic duplex without a single-pass claim.
Computer and mobile connections
Included Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet and ordinary 802.11b/g Wi-Fi; 256 MB and five-inch color touchscreen. Native desktop USB/LAN capture and four-digit protected print release are positive. Front flash scan/print is a separate routine. AirPrint, Mopria and Wi-Fi Direct remain unestablished in read exact sources; ad-hoc wireless is not Direct.
Supplies and declared yields
Included toner approximately 2,500 black / 1,500 each color Letter/A4 pages. TN-310 replacements use those standard yields; TN-315 black approximately 6,000 and colors approximately 3,500 under ISO/IEC 19798. Separate DR-310CL drum approximately 25,000, BU-300CL belt and WT-300CL waste box approximately 50,000 with stated usage/Letter-A4 simplex conditions. No current cost or remaining-life estimate.
Software and support
Native TWAIN selects the local scanner or its LAN entry, document size, color and automatic two-sided ADF capture. That duplex routine disallows prescanning and adjustable cropping; WIA versions have additional restrictions. Native Windows Secure Print uses four-digit panel release, clears after printing/power-off and restricts multiple copies. Telephone fax uses its separate documented arrangement.
Electrical edition and setup
Actual US body 19.3 × 20.7 × 20.9 in.; 62.8 lb with consumables. US original 110–120 VAC, 50/60 Hz. Do not substitute the smaller MFC-9460CDN/MFC-9560CDW cabinet or Letter rate. Allow Legal-lid, feeder, MP, cassette, rear-output, cable and service access; verify native software, actual optional tray and telephone setup.
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