Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-1240 laser printer vs Canon imageCLASS LBP6780dn

28specifications compared
18differ
10identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

Duplex printing
- HL-1240 laser printer:No
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:Yes
Maximum resolution
- HL-1240 laser printer:600 x 600 DPI
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-1240 laser printer:12 ppm
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:42 ppm
Time to first page (black, normal)
- HL-1240 laser printer:15 s
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:9 s
Page description languages
- HL-1240 laser printer:PCL 4
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:PCL 5e, PCL 6
Total input capacity
- HL-1240 laser printer:250 sheets
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:500 sheets
Non-ISO print media sizes
- HL-1240 laser printer:Letter
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:Index card
Standard interfaces
- HL-1240 laser printer:Ethernet, Parallel, USB 2.0
- imageCLASS LBP6780dn:Ethernet, USB 2.0

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Comparison of HL-1240, LBP6780dn
56 specifications	A Brother HL-1240 laser printer Model HL-1240 View product	B Canon imageCLASS LBP6780dn Model LBP6780dn View product
Printing4 differ
Duplex printingDiffers	No	Yes
Maximum resolutionDiffers	600 x 600 DPI	1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	12 ppm	42 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	45 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time to first page (black, normal)Differs	15 s	9 s
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20.5 ppm
Features1 differ
Printing coloursKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Page description languagesDiffers	PCL 4	PCL 5e, PCL 6
Country of originKnown for one	China	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100000 pages per month
Input & output capacity1 differ
Total input capacityDiffers	250 sheets	500 sheets
Total output capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	250 sheets
Multi-Purpose trayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Multi-Purpose tray input capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 sheets
Paper handling2 differ
Maximum print sizeKnown for one	216 x 356 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper	Envelopes, Heavy paper, Labels, Plain paper, Transparencies
Non-ISO print media sizesDiffers	Letter	Index card
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	64 - 105 g/m²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10, C5, DL, Monarch
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	Ethernet, Parallel, USB 2.0	Ethernet, USB 2.0
Direct printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for one	TCP/IP, Appletalk, Netware, DEC LAT, Banyan VINES, NetBEUI, DLC/LLC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile printing technologiesKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMPv1, SNMPv3
Performance1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	2 MB	768 MB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor modelKnown for one	MB86833	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	66 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one	49 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sound power level (standby)Known for one	27 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
DisplayDiffers	LED	LCD
Power3 differ
Power consumption (max)Differs	340 W	1500 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	80 W	14 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs	5 W	0.9 W
Power consumption (printing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	700 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.9 kWh/week
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	475 mm	454.7 mm
DepthDiffers	450 mm	424.2 mm
HeightDiffers	461 mm	345.4 mm
WeightDiffers	10.2 kg	16.6 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one	11.5 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ENERGY STAR
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AC
Other featuresidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Vista®, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.5.8 and up, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 (32 bit/64 bit), XenApp 5.0 (32 bit/64 bit), XenApp 6.0 (64 bit), XenApp 6.5 (64 bit), XenDesktop 4.0 (32 bit/64 bit), XenDesktop 5.03 (32bit/64 bit),

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