Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-2030 laser printer vs Brother HL-5240L laser printer

25specifications compared
17differ
8identical
35known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum resolution
- HL-2030 laser printer:2400 x 600 DPI
- HL-5240L laser printer:1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-2030 laser printer:16 ppm
- HL-5240L laser printer:24 ppm
Total output capacity
- HL-2030 laser printer:100 sheets
- HL-5240L laser printer:150 sheets
Maximum print size
- HL-2030 laser printer:210 x 297 mm
- HL-5240L laser printer:216 x 356 mm
Non-ISO print media sizes
- HL-2030 laser printer:Executive, Letter
- HL-5240L laser printer:Legal
Internal memory
- HL-2030 laser printer:8 MB
- HL-5240L laser printer:16 MB
Processor frequency
- HL-2030 laser printer:96 MHz
- HL-5240L laser printer:266 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)
- HL-2030 laser printer:51 dB
- HL-5240L laser printer:53 dB

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Comparison of HL-2030, HL-5240L
60 specifications	A Brother HL-2030 laser printer Model HL-2030 View product	B Brother HL-5240L laser printer Model HL-5240L View product
Printing2 differ
Duplex printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2400 x 600 DPI	1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	16 ppm	24 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 s
N-up printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2, 4, 9, 16, 25
Economical printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	10 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Number of print cartridgesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Input & output capacity1 differ
Total output capacityDiffers	100 sheets	150 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	50 sheets
Paper handling3 differ
Maximum print sizeDiffers	210 x 297 mm	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Bond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies	Bond paper, High resolution paper, Plain paper, Recycled paper
Multi-purpose tray media typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Bond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
Non-ISO print media sizesDiffers	Executive, Letter	Legal
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 105 g/m²
Multi-Purpose Tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 160 g/m²
Media weight (tray 1)Known for one	60 - 161 g/m2 (16 - 43 lb)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Standard interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Parallel, USB 2.0
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Performance3 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	8 MB	16 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	528 MB
Memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Processor frequencyDiffers	96 MHz	266 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Differs	51 dB	53 dB
Sound power level (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	27 dB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor modelKnown for one	SPARClite	Unknown — not stated by the source
Powersave acoustic emissionKnown for one	30 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
DisplayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LED
Power2 differ
Power consumption (printing)Differs	450 W	610 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	70 W	80 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
AC input voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	220 - 240 V
AC input frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 - 60 Hz
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Hom
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ENERGY STAR
Weight & dimensions5 differ
WidthDiffers	454 mm	485 mm
DepthDiffers	360 mm	460 mm
HeightDiffers	475 mm	500 mm
WeightDiffers	6.74 kg	9.28 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	371 x 361 x 165.5 mm	371 x 384 x 246 mm
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	8.05 kg	11.4 kg
Other featuresidentical
Power LEDKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Stand-by LEDKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	494 x 478 x 443 mm
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP Mac OS 9.1 - 9.2 Mac OSX 10.2.4+	Unknown — not stated by the source
Toner cartridgeKnown for one	TN-2000	Unknown — not stated by the source

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