Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-1030 laser printer vs Brother HL-P2500 laser printer

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  • 33specifications compared
  • 11differ
  • 22identical
  • 14known for one product only

Key differences

  • Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
    • HL-1030 laser printer:10 ppm
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:12 ppm
  • ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
    • HL-1030 laser printer:A4, A5, A6
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:A4
  • Standard interfaces
    • HL-1030 laser printer:Parallel
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:Parallel, USB 2.0
  • Internal memory
    • HL-1030 laser printer:2 MB
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:4 MB
  • Power consumption (PowerSave)
    • HL-1030 laser printer:5 W
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:10 W
  • Width
    • HL-1030 laser printer:475 mm
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:360 mm
  • Depth
    • HL-1030 laser printer:450 mm
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:413 mm
  • Height
    • HL-1030 laser printer:461 mm
    • HL-P2500 laser printer:337 mm

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Comparison of HL-1030, HL-P2500
47 specifications
Printing1 differ
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs10 ppm12 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one45 sUnknown — not stated by the source
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one15 sUnknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Country of originKnown for oneChinaUnknown — not stated by the source
Page description languagesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourcePCL 5e
Input & output capacityidentical
Total number of input traysKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source30 sheets
Maximum number of input traysKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
Maximum input capacityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source530 sheets
Paper handling2 differ
Paper tray media typesDiffersEnvelopes, Labels, Plain paperPlain paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)DiffersA4, A5, A6A4
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for oneB5Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for oneLetterUnknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffersParallelParallel, USB 2.0
Performance1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers2 MB4 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source20 MB
Designidentical
DisplayKnown for oneLEDUnknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs5 W10 W
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffersWindows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NTWindows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers475 mm360 mm
DepthDiffers450 mm413 mm
HeightDiffers461 mm337 mm
WeightDiffers9.87 kg12 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one11.5 kgUnknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceWordcraft UnimessagePro

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