Brother launches new compact business colour printers and MFCs at 'Gitex 2009'

Present at Hall 4, stand B 4-10 of the Dubai International Convention Centre, Brother has also unveiled the first-ever trilingual (English, Arabic, Persian) P-Touch Label Printer in the Middle East.

In conjunction with the event, the company is also set to host a gala dinner for its distributors on October 21 at the Monarch Hotel, Dubai, where it will discuss details on the new products and emerging trends in the regional printer market.

The latest additions to Brother's product line-up are two models from the HL-3000 Series (HL-3040CN and HL-3070CW) and three from the 9000 All-in-One Series (DCP-9010CN, MFC-9120CN and MFC-9320CW).

With powerful features such as fast professional colour and monochrome print speeds at 16 pages per minute - the best single pass colour print speed within each of their respective market segments - the new models are compact, affordable, and ideal for small businesses and home-based office professionals. Furthermore, the new P-Touch Label Printer (P-Touch 2700 AR) can print up to seven lines; features six fonts, 11 type styles, 22 frame styles and 123 symbols; can support nine types of barcodes, and connect to a computer via USB.

"With the addition of these new models, our range of colour printing equipment and MFCs now totals to 25 state-of-the-art products, which address both basic and complex requirements of customers,"

said Shinji Tada, Managing Director, Brother International Corporation Gulf.

"The underlying theme of our participation in 'Gitex' this year is 'compact business colour' and the launch of these new products underlines the milestones we have achieved in the development of technologies for colour printing, as well as the strides we are taking to provide cost-effective printing solutions for SOHOs and mobile offices. With these new models, we offer professionals high-performing, fast machines with rich colour output."

Offering up to 600x2400 dpi resolution, the new models under the HL-3000 Series Printer and 9000 All-in-One Series have adjustable, 250-sheet paper capacity; Ethernet and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces and two-piece toner/drum set. As far as individual key features are concerned, the HL-3070CW model features a built-in wireless network interface, USB direct interface and PCL6 and BR-Script3 emulations; while the MFC-9120CN has a Super G3 fax function.

"We remain committed to designing new products that deliver powerful features, merging convenience and functionality, and thereby enhancing the overall operations of small, home-based or mobile businesses. In addition to our new product releases, we are also looking forward to the 'Gitex' gala dinner for all our distributors in the region who have been instrumental to the continued success of the Brother brand in the Middle East," concluded Tada.