Brother wins iF Design Award 2018 in 4 categories

Brother Industries, a parent company of Brother International South Africa, one of the leading global manufacturer of laser and inkjet printing devices, has won “iF DESIGN AWARD 2018” for 4 product categories.

iF DESIGN AWARD 2018 received 6,401 entries from 54 countries and regions. This is the 11th consecutive year Brother has been named as an iF DESIGN AWARD winner and has now received a total of 66 awards, including the four won this year.

iF Design Awards products available in South Africa

The iF Design Award was awarded to the HL-L8360CDW colour laser printer and MFC-L8690CDW and MFC-L9570CDW colour laser multi-function centres.

These recently launched award-winning products are covered by a three-year on-site warranty against manufacturer defects in materials and workmanship. The warranty is applied automatically on the purchase date so there is no need to register your product online.

Dale de Villiers, Marketing Manager at Brother South Africa, said “We are extremely honoured to receive these awards. Brother continuously makes efforts to pursue improvements in design quality and product innovation to provide superior value to customers and this is evident with the 66 awards we have received to date.”

iF DESIGN AWARD is hosted and judged by the iF-International Forum Design, in Hannover, Germany. This is one of the most prestigious international design competitions and has been running since 1953. It is recognised around the world and judged not only on the external appearance of the product, but also on criteria such as functionality and environmental performance.

For more information about Brother, visit http://www.brother.co.za.

Range overview

iF Design Award-winning Business Colour Laser Printer Series:

Business Colour Laser Printers	HL-L8360CDW	MFC-L8690CDW	MFC-L9570CDW
Functions	Automatic 2-sided print	Print/Scan/Copy/Fax, Up to 50 sheets ADF (automatic 2-sided)	Print/Scan/Copy/Fax, Up to 80 sheets ADF (automatic 2-sided)
Print Speed	Up to 31ppm Colour and Mono print speed	Up to 31ppm Colour and Mono print speed	Up to 31ppm Colour and Mono print speed
Scan Speed	N/A	Up to 28ppm (56ipm) Scan speed	Up to 28ppm (56ipm) Scan speed
Connectivity	USB, Wireless and Gigabit Wired Network + NFC	USB, Wireless and Gigabit Wired Network	USB, Wireless & Gigabit Wired Network + NFC
Screen	6.8cm Colour LCD touchscreen	9.3cm Colour LCD touchscreen	17.6cm Colour LCD touchscreen
Paper Input	Up to 300 sheets paper input	Up to 300 sheets paper input	Up to 300 sheets paper input
Page Yield	Inbox toners with 6500 pages yield per colour. Up to 9,000 black and 9,000 cyan, magenta and yellow optional ultra high-yield toners.^‡ ^‡ Approximate declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC19798.	Inbox toners with 6500 pages yield per colour. Up to 9,000 black and 9,000 cyan, magenta and yellow optional ultra high-yield toners.^‡ ^‡ Approximate declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC19798.	Inbox toners with 6500 pages yield per colour. Up to 9,000 black and 9,000 cyan, magenta and yellow optional ultra high-yield toners.^‡ ^‡ Approximate declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC19798.
RRP (Vat incl.)	R7,000-R8,000	R9,000-R10,300	R12,400-R14,000

^†Applicable to selected models.^{^} The MFC-L8690CDW ADF capacity is up to 50 sheets and the MFC-L9570CDW ADF capacity up to 80 sheets.

All prices are inclusive of the prevailing taxes and include a 3-year on-site warranty. These machines can be purchased through Brother International South Africa’s authorised resellers.