Product comparison · 2 inkjet printers

Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour vs HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour

27specifications compared
20differ
7identical
48known for one product only

Key differences

The Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour has 2,400 x 1200 DPI more maximum resolution than the HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour (4800 x 1200 DPI vs 2400 x 1200 DPI). The HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour has 2 more total input trays than the Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour (3 vs 1). The HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour has 440 sheets more total input capacity than the Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour (500 sheets vs 60 sheets). Only the HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour has built-in display. ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9): A4 on the Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour, A4, A5, A6 on the HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour.

Maximum resolution
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:4800 x 1200 DPI
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:2400 x 1200 DPI
Total number of input trays
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:1
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:3
Total input capacity
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:60 sheets
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:500 sheets
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:A4
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:A4, A5, A6
Market positioning
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:Home & office
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:Business
Product colour
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:Black
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:Grey, White
Built-in display
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:No
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:Yes
Power consumption (printing)
- PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour:10 W
- PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour:52 W

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Comparison of TS304, 556xh
75 specifications	A Canon PIXMA TS304 inkjet printer Colour Model TS304 View product	B HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556xh inkjet printer Colour Model 556xh View product
Featuresidentical
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80000 pages per month
Number of print cartridgesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Separate cartridgesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 5, PCL 6, PDF 1.4, PostScript 3
Printing coloursKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
HP segmentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Enterprise
Printing1 differ
Maximum resolutionDiffers	4800 x 1200 DPI	2400 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 ppm
Print speed (colour, draft quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	75 ppm
Print speed (black, draft quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	75 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 ppm
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.3 s
Borderless printingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input & output capacity2 differ
Total number of input traysDiffers	1	3
Total input capacityDiffers	60 sheets	500 sheets
Total output capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 sheets
Maximum number of input traysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5
Multi-Purpose tray input capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 sheets
Maximum output capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 sheets
Paper input typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Paper tray
Paper handling3 differ
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Glossy paper, Plain paper	Bond paper, Card stock, Envelopes, Glossy paper, Heavy paper, Labels, Photo paper, Plain paper, Pre-printed, Recycled paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Differs	A4	A4, A5, A6
Non-ISO print media sizesDiffers	Letter	Executive, Legal, Letter, Oficio, Statement
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B5, B6
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B5, C5, C6, DL
Photo paper sizesKnown for one	10x15 cm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	64 - 105 g/m²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Standard interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ethernet, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PictBridgeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mobile printing technologiesDiffers	Apple AirPrint, Canon PRINT Business, Google Cloud Print, Mopria Print Service, PIXMA Cloud Link	Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, HP ePrint, Mopria Print Service
BluetoothKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security algorithmsKnown for one	WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1280 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2304 MB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200 MHz
Sound power level (printing)Known for one	45 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design3 differ
Market positioningDiffers	Home & office	Business
Product colourDiffers	Black	Grey, White
Built-in displayDiffers	No	Yes
Colour displayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Display diagonalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10.9 cm (4.3")
Control typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Touch
TouchscreenKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power2 differ
Power consumption (printing)Differs	10 W	52 W
Power consumption (off)Differs	0.2 W	0.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.5 W
Brand-specific featuresidentical
HP Dynamic securityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
System requirements2 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Android, iOS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 35 °C	15 - 30 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	10 - 90%	20 - 60%
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR
Sustainable technologies and materialsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mercury-free
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	430 mm	530 mm
DepthDiffers	282 mm	463 mm
HeightDiffers	143 mm	597 mm
WeightDiffers	2.9 kg	28.8 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	603 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	565 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	792 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	35.4 kg
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Printer Driver My Image Garden with Full HD Movie Print Quick Menu Easy-WebPrint EX	Unknown — not stated by the source

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