Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-1230 laser printer vs Brother HL-P2500 laser printer

32specifications compared
12differ
20identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
- HL-1230 laser printer:A4, A5, A6
- HL-P2500 laser printer:A4
Standard interfaces
- HL-1230 laser printer:Parallel
- HL-P2500 laser printer:Parallel, USB 2.0
Internal memory
- HL-1230 laser printer:2 MB
- HL-P2500 laser printer:4 MB
Sound pressure level (printing)
- HL-1230 laser printer:50 dB
- HL-P2500 laser printer:49 dB
Power consumption (standby)
- HL-1230 laser printer:70 W
- HL-P2500 laser printer:80 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)
- HL-1230 laser printer:5 W
- HL-P2500 laser printer:10 W
Width
- HL-1230 laser printer:0 mm
- HL-P2500 laser printer:360 mm
Depth
- HL-1230 laser printer:0 mm
- HL-P2500 laser printer:413 mm

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Comparison of HL-1230, HL-P2500
48 specifications	A Brother HL-1230 laser printer Model HL-1230 View product	B Brother HL-P2500 laser printer Model HL-P2500 View product
Printingidentical
Warm-up timeKnown for one	45 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	15 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Country of originKnown for one	Japan	Unknown — not stated by the source
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 5e
Input & output capacityidentical
Total number of input traysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	30 sheets
Maximum number of input traysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Maximum input capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	530 sheets
Paper handling2 differ
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper	Plain paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Differs	A4, A5, A6	A4
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	B5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Letter	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	Parallel	Parallel, USB 2.0
Performance2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	2 MB	4 MB
Sound pressure level (printing)Differs	50 dB	49 dB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 MB
Designidentical
DisplayKnown for one	LED	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in displayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power2 differ
Power consumption (standby)Differs	70 W	80 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs	5 W	10 W
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	0 mm	360 mm
DepthDiffers	0 mm	413 mm
HeightDiffers	470 mm	337 mm
WeightDiffers	9.77 kg	12 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one	11.5 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Wordcraft UnimessagePro

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