Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 vs Ricoh IP C8500

13specifications compared
10differ
3identical
41known for one product only

Key differences

The Ricoh IP C8500 has 2 more total input trays than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (3 vs 1). The Ricoh IP C8500 has 1,050 sheets more total input capacity than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (1200 sheets vs 150 sheets). The Ricoh IP C8500 has 450 sheets more total output capacity than the Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 (500 sheets vs 50 sheets). Only the Ricoh IP C8500 has colour. Only the Ricoh IP C8500 has Bluetooth.

Colour
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:No
- IP C8500:Yes
Total number of input trays
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:1
- IP C8500:3
Total input capacity
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:150 sheets
- IP C8500:1200 sheets
Total output capacity
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:50 sheets
- IP C8500:500 sheets
Maximum ISO A-series paper size
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:A4
- IP C8500:A3
Bluetooth
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:No
- IP C8500:Yes
Width
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:340 mm
- IP C8500:587 mm
Depth
- HL-L1240W laser printer A4:238 mm
- IP C8500:701 mm

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Comparison of HL-L1240W, IP C8500
54 specifications	A Brother HL-L1240W laser printer A4 Model HL-L1240W View product	B Ricoh IP C8500 View product
Printing1 differ
ColourDiffers	No	Yes
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4800 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A3)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	45 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A3)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	45 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	21 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.2 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.2 s
Duplex printingKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	20 ppm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Printing coloursKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 6, PDF, PostScript 3
Input & output capacity3 differ
Total number of input traysDiffers	1	3
Total input capacityDiffers	150 sheets	1200 sheets
Total output capacityDiffers	50 sheets	500 sheets
Maximum input capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4850 sheets
Maximum output capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4000 sheets
Paper handling1 differ
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeDiffers	A4	A3
Paper tray media typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Envelopes
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	A3, A4, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B4, B5, B6
Custom media widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	90 - 320 mm
Custom media lengthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	148 - 1260 mm
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB Type-A / USB Type-B
Network1 differ
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)
BluetoothDiffers	No	Yes
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TCP/IP
Supported network protocols (IPv6)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TCP/IP
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6000 MB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1600 MHz
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, White
Built-in displayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Colour displayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Display diagonalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	17.8 cm (7")
Control typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Touch
Poweridentical
Power consumption (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1584 W
Power consumption (ready)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	57.4 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.44 kWh/week
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8.1
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS 12.4, Mac OS 13.1, Mac OS 14.5, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, 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, Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Maveric
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
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	340 mm	587 mm
DepthDiffers	238 mm	701 mm
HeightDiffers	189 mm	779 mm
WeightDiffers	4.6 kg	81 kg
Other featuresidentical
PrintingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Colour printing
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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