Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-2030 laser printer vs Brother HL-7050 laser printer

25specifications compared
19differ
6identical
31known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum resolution
- HL-2030 laser printer:2400 x 600 DPI
- HL-7050 laser printer:1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-2030 laser printer:16 ppm
- HL-7050 laser printer:28 ppm
Time to first page (black, normal)
- HL-2030 laser printer:10 s
- HL-7050 laser printer:12 s
Total input capacity
- HL-2030 laser printer:250 sheets
- HL-7050 laser printer:500 sheets
Total output capacity
- HL-2030 laser printer:100 sheets
- HL-7050 laser printer:500 sheets
Maximum print size
- HL-2030 laser printer:210 x 297 mm
- HL-7050 laser printer:216 x 356 mm
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)
- HL-2030 laser printer:B5
- HL-7050 laser printer:B5, B6
Internal memory
- HL-2030 laser printer:8 MB
- HL-7050 laser printer:32 MB

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Comparison of HL-2030, HL-7050
56 specifications	A Brother HL-2030 laser printer Model HL-2030 View product	B Brother HL-7050 laser printer Model HL-7050 View product
Printing3 differ
Colour	No	No
Print technology	Laser	Laser
Duplex printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2400 x 600 DPI	1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	16 ppm	28 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Differs	10 s	12 s
Economical printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Number of print cartridgesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	BR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 6
Country of origin	China	China
Input & output capacity2 differ
Total input capacityDiffers	250 sheets	500 sheets
Total output capacityDiffers	100 sheets	500 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 handling3 differ
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4	A4
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, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
Multi-purpose tray media typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Bond paper, Envelopes, Heavyweight paper, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Differs	B5	B5, B6
Multi-Purpose Tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 199 g/m²
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Executive, Letter	Unknown — not stated by the source
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, Serial, USB 1.1
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Network ready	No	No
Performance3 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	8 MB	32 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	288 MB
Processor frequencyDiffers	96 MHz	266 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Differs	51 dB	52 dB
Sound power level (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 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
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	White
Power2 differ
Power consumption (printing)Differs	450 W	690 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	70 W	110 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 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 98, Windows ME, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Prem
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Weight & dimensions5 differ
WidthDiffers	454 mm	665 mm
DepthDiffers	360 mm	570 mm
HeightDiffers	475 mm	575 mm
WeightDiffers	6.74 kg	26.6 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	371 x 361 x 165.5 mm	485 x 480 x 421 mm
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	8.05 kg	30.5 kg
Other featuresidentical
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	485 x 480 x 421 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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