Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-L5050D laser printer vs Canon LBP122dw II

31specifications compared
15differ
16identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

The Brother HL-L5050D laser printer has 11 ppm more print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter) than the Canon LBP122dw II (40 ppm vs 29 ppm). The Brother HL-L5050D laser printer has 100 sheets more total input capacity than the Canon LBP122dw II (250 sheets vs 150 sheets). The Brother HL-L5050D laser printer has 100 sheets more total output capacity than the Canon LBP122dw II (150 sheets vs 50 sheets). Only the Canon LBP122dw II has Wi-Fi. Maximum resolution: 1200 x 1200 DPI on the Brother HL-L5050D laser printer, 2400 x 600 DPI on the Canon LBP122dw II.

Maximum resolution
- HL-L5050D laser printer:1200 x 1200 DPI
- LBP122dw II:2400 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-L5050D laser printer:40 ppm
- LBP122dw II:29 ppm
Total input capacity
- HL-L5050D laser printer:250 sheets
- LBP122dw II:150 sheets
Total output capacity
- HL-L5050D laser printer:150 sheets
- LBP122dw II:50 sheets
Wi-Fi
- HL-L5050D laser printer:No
- LBP122dw II:Yes
Market positioning
- HL-L5050D laser printer:Home & office
- LBP122dw II:Business
Product colour
- HL-L5050D laser printer:Black
- LBP122dw II:White
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)
- HL-L5050D laser printer:0.52 kWh/week
- LBP122dw II:0.21 kWh/week

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Comparison of HL-L5050D, LBP122dw II
59 specifications	A Brother HL-L5050D laser printer Model HL-L5050D View product	B Canon LBP122dw II View product
Printing2 differ
Maximum resolutionDiffers	1200 x 1200 DPI	2400 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	40 ppm	29 ppm
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	7.2 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.5 s
Features1 differ
Page description languagesDiffers	BR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 6, PDF 1.7, XPS	UFRII
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20000 pages per month
Input & output capacity2 differ
Total input capacityDiffers	250 sheets	150 sheets
Total output capacityDiffers	150 sheets	50 sheets
Multi-Purpose trayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi-Purpose tray input capacityKnown for one	50 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
Paper handling1 differ
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Bond paper, Letterhead, Plain paper, Recycled paper	Plain paper, Recycled paper, Heavy paper, Thin paper, Bond paper, Labels, Postcard, Envelopes
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Executive, Folio, Legal	Unknown — not stated by the source
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B5
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Com-10, C5, Monarch, DL
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 163 g/m²
Ports & interfacesidentical
Direct printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Network2 differ
Wi-FiDiffers	No	Yes
Security algorithmsKnown for one	SMTP-AUTH, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile printing technologiesDiffers	Brother iPrint & Scan, Google Cloud Print, Mopria Print Service	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service
Ethernet LAN data ratesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10,100 Mbit/s
Wi-Fi standardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Design2 differ
Market positioningDiffers	Home & office	Business
Product colourDiffers	Black	White
Power1 differ
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Differs	0.52 kWh/week	0.21 kWh/week
Power consumption (printing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	396 W
Power consumption (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1130 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.4 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	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	373 mm	356 mm
DepthDiffers	388 mm	298 mm
HeightDiffers	255 mm	213 mm
WeightDiffers	10.7 kg	6.3 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	485 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	450 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	377 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	13 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Cartridge(s) includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cables includedKnown for one	AC	Unknown — not stated by the source

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