Brother MPrint MW140BT

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Brother MPrint MW-140BT

• By Victoria Romero
• CIS 410
• Spring 2005

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What is Brother MPrint MW-140BT

• A tiny mobile printer that you can take anywhere.
• Weighs only about 10 ounces with its battery and
  paper cartridge installed.
• Prints on 34 inch thermal paper.
• Connects to a standard Windows PC using its mini
  USB port and provided cable.

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• Prints pages in 16 seconds.
• The 3 ounce battery charger is designed to power
  the mPrint and last to 100 pages on one charge.
• Unit ships with Windows drivers, Microsoft Pocket
  PC/Palm OS.

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Whats it for

• Printing receipts, schedules, or notes, on the
  road-straight from a PDA, a smart phone or a
  laptop.
• Other options include printing on labels, and on
  carbon copy paper.

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Advantages

• Fits in a coat pocket or a purse.
• Works with Pocket PC and Palm OS handhelds via
  bluetooth.
• Does not use ink. Capable of producing black and
  white prints by a thermal line head process.
• Device includes a standard one year warranty.

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Advantages-continued

• Brothers tiny sheets dont feel gritty, look
  grayish and wont fade like thermal paper.
• Text and images print very clear.
• Unit is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-Ion
  battery and compact adapter.
• Will shrink a document to fit on to a page.

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Disadvantages

• Product is expensive costing 400.00, about the
  price of a regular sized printer.
• Prints only on 3 4 inch paper.
• Lithium-ion battery fades within 3 years from
  your purchase, but company pays shipping and
  sends a subsitute during the downtime.

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Disadvantages-continued

• Prints in black and white.
• Doesnt work with rolls of paper.
• Brother charges 4.49 for a 50 sheet pack of
  paper.
• 30 pack of full sheet labels costs 7.49.

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Basic Specs for Brother Mprint MW-140BT

• Printer type-- Personal printer
• Technology-- Direct thermal
• Max resolution (bw)-- 300 dpi x 300 dpi
• Compatibility-- PC
• Max document size-- 2.9 in (A7) 4.1 in (A7)

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Basic Specs-continued

• Media type-- Thermal paper
• Port(s) / Connector(s) Required-- 1 USB 4 pin USB
  Type B, 1
• Network BluetoothOS required-- Microsoft Pocket
  PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
  98/ME/2000
• Software type-- Drivers Utilities

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