Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 vs Canon LBP243dw II

11specifications compared
7differ
4identical
50known for one product only

Key differences

The Canon LBP243dw II has 16 ppm more print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter) than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (36 ppm vs 20 ppm). The Canon LBP243dw II has 59 mm more width than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (399 mm vs 340 mm). The Canon LBP243dw II has 135 mm more depth than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (373 mm vs 238 mm). Only the Canon LBP243dw II has duplex printing. Market positioning: Home & office on the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4, Business on the Canon LBP243dw II.

Duplex printing
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:No
- LBP243dw II:Yes
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:20 ppm
- LBP243dw II:36 ppm
Market positioning
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:Home & office
- LBP243dw II:Business
Width
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:340 mm
- LBP243dw II:399 mm
Depth
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:238 mm
- LBP243dw II:373 mm
Height
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:189 mm
- LBP243dw II:249 mm
Weight
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:4.6 kg
- LBP243dw II:9.5 kg

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Comparison of HL-L1240W, LBP243dw II
61 specifications	A Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 Model HL-L1240W View product	B Canon LBP243dw II View product
Printing2 differ
Print technology	Laser	Laser
Duplex printingDiffers	No	Yes
Duplex printing modeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Auto
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	20 ppm	36 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	14 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 s
ColourKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	900 pages per month
Recommended duty cycleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	750 - 4000 pages per month
Printing coloursKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, White
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 5e, PCL 6, UFRII
Input & output capacityidentical
Total number of input trays	1	1
Total input capacityKnown for one	150 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total output capacityKnown for one	50 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
Paper handlingidentical
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4	A4
Paper tray media typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Coated paper, Envelopes, Heavy paper, Labels, Plain paper, Postcard, Recycled paper, Thin paper
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
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Executive, Index card, Legal, Letter
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 199 g/m²
Ports & interfacesidentical
Direct printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB port	Yes	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Cabling technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Wi-Fi standardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Security algorithmsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA-EAP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-EAP, WPA2-PSK
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMPv1, SNMPv3
Mobile printing technologiesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service
BluetoothKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4000 MB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Design1 differ
Market positioningDiffers	Home & office	Business
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	White
Built-in displayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DisplayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LCD
Control typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Buttons
Poweridentical
Power consumption (printing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 W
Power consumption (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1250 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.29 kWh/week
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 10, Windows 11
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, MacOS
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 Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 30%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	340 mm	399 mm
DepthDiffers	238 mm	373 mm
HeightDiffers	189 mm	249 mm
WeightDiffers	4.6 kg	9.5 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	418 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	316 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	336 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	5.7 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source

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