Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-2040 laser printer vs Brother HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer

19specifications compared
14differ
5identical
33known for one product only

Key differences

Colour
- HL-2040 laser printer:No
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)
- HL-2040 laser printer:10 s
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:16 s
Total output capacity
- HL-2040 laser printer:100 sheets
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:150 sheets
Internal memory
- HL-2040 laser printer:8 MB
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:64 MB
Processor frequency
- HL-2040 laser printer:96 MHz
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:300 MHz
Sound power level (standby)
- HL-2040 laser printer:51 dB
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:30 dB
Power consumption (printing)
- HL-2040 laser printer:450 W
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:510 W
Width
- HL-2040 laser printer:456 mm
- HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer:567 mm

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Comparison of HL-2040, HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer
52 specifications	A Brother HL-2040 laser printer Model HL-2040 View product	B Brother HL-4040CN Colour Laser Printer View product
Printing2 differ
ColourDiffers	No	Yes
Print technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Laser
Duplex printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Maximum resolution	2400 x 600 DPI	2400 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	20 ppm	20 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	33 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Differs	10 s	16 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	17 s
N-up printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4, 9, 16, 25
Economical printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Country of origin	China	China
Input & output capacity1 differ
Total input capacity	250 sheets	250 sheets
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 handlingidentical
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4	A4
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B5, B6
Multi-Purpose Tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 163 g/m²
Media weight (tray 1)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 105 g/m2
Maximum print sizeKnown for one	210 x 297 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Media types supportedKnown for one	Plain Paper, Bond Paper, Recycled Paper	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Direct printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Network readyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6)
Embedded web serverKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Performance3 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	8 MB	64 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	576 MB
Processor frequencyDiffers	96 MHz	300 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	54 dB
Sound power level (standby)Differs	51 dB	30 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
Power1 differ
Power consumption (printing)Differs	450 W	510 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 W
Weight & dimensions5 differ
WidthDiffers	456 mm	567 mm
DepthDiffers	355 mm	564 mm
HeightDiffers	470 mm	624 mm
WeightDiffers	7.25 kg	29 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	371 x 361 x 165.5 mm	419 x 475 x 317 mm
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	8.59 kg	33.2 kg
Other features1 differ
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 95 / 98 /Me / NT4.0 / 2000 / XP Mac OS 9.1- 9.2 Mac OSX 10.2.4 or greater	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Mac OS X 10.2.4 +, 10.5 Linux
EmulationsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 6
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100Base-TX
PictBridgeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	568 x 624 x 565 mm
Custom media sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	(69.9 - 215.9mm) - (116 - 406.4mm)
Power consumption (active)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	85 W
Toner cartridgeKnown for one	TN-2000	Unknown — not stated by the source

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