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Product comparison · 2 multifunction printers

Brother DCP-8085DN Laser A4 vs Brother DCP-9042CDN Laser A4

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  • 39specifications compared
  • 17differ
  • 22identical
  • 42known for one product only

Key differences

  • Printing
    • No
    • Colour printing
  • Maximum resolution
    • 1200 x 1200 DPI
    • 2400 x 600 DPI
  • Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
    • 30 ppm
    • 20 ppm
  • Time to first page (black, normal)
    • 8.5 s
    • 16 s
  • Copying
    • Mono copying
    • Colour copying
  • N-in-1 copy function (N=)
    • 2
    • 2, 4, 9, 16, 25
  • Scanning
    • Mono scanning
    • Colour scanning
  • Optical scanning resolution
    • 600 x 2400 DPI
    • 1200 x 2400 DPI

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Brother

DCP-8085DN Laser A4

Model DCP-8085DN

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Brother

DCP-9042CDN Laser A4

Model DCP-9042CDN

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Printing4 differ
Print technologyLaserLaser
PrintingDiffersNoColour printing
Duplex printingYesYes
Maximum resolutionDiffers1200 x 1200 DPI2400 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs30 ppm20 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one18 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Differs8.5 s16 s
Economical printingKnown for oneYes
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one20 ppm
Copying2 differ
CopyingDiffersMono copyingColour copying
Duplex copyingKnown for oneYes
Maximum copy resolution1200 x 600 DPI1200 x 600 DPI
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)Known for one30 cpm
Copier resize25 - 400%25 - 400%
N-in-1 copy function (N=)Differs22, 4, 9, 16, 25
PC free copyingKnown for oneYes
Scanning2 differ
ScanningDiffersMono scanningColour scanning
Duplex scanningKnown for oneYes
Optical scanning resolutionDiffers600 x 2400 DPI1200 x 2400 DPI
Maximum scan resolutionKnown for one19200 x 19200 DPI
Scanner typeFlatbed scannerFlatbed scanner
Scan toKnown for oneCIFS, E-mail, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Image formats supportedKnown for oneBMP, JPG
Input colour depthKnown for one48 bit
Output colour depthKnown for one24 bit
Greyscale levelsKnown for one256
Faxidentical
FaxingNoNo
Featuresidentical
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one30000 pages per month
Digital senderNoNo
Page description languagesKnown for oneBR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 6
Input & output capacityidentical
Total input capacity250 sheets250 sheets
Total output capacityKnown for one150 sheets
Multi-Purpose trayYesYes
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity50 sheets50 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF)Known for oneYes
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacityKnown for one50 sheets
Maximum output capacityKnown for one150 sheets
Paper handling1 differ
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4A4
Maximum print sizeKnown for one216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media typesKnown for oneBond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Transparencies
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)A4, A5, A6A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)B5, B6B5, B6
Non-ISO print media sizesDiffersExecutiveExecutive, Folio, Legal
Multi-Purpose Tray media weightKnown for one60 - 163 g/m²
Media weight (tray 1)Known for one60 - 105 g/m²
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffersEthernet, Parallel, USB 2.0Ethernet, USB 2.0
Direct printingKnown for oneYes
USB portYesYes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one1
Networkidentical
Wi-FiNoNo
Ethernet LANYesYes
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for oneARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server,TELNET Server, HTTP/HTTPS server, SSL/TLS, TFTP client and server, SMTP Client, APOP,POP before SMTP, SMTP-AUTH, SNMPv1/v2c/v3
Supported network protocols (IPv6)Known for oneNDP, RA, DNS resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server,TELNET Server, HTTP/HTTPS server, SSL/TLS, TFTP client and server, SMTP Client, APOP, POP before SMTP, SMTP-AUTH, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, ICMPv6, LLTD responder, Web Services (Print), CIFS Client,
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one64 MB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one576 MB
Card reader integratedKnown for oneNo
Processor frequency300 MHz300 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one56 dB
Sound power level (standby)Known for one30 dB
Mac compatibilityYesYes
Design1 differ
Market positioningBusinessBusiness
Built-in displayYesYes
DisplayDiffersTFTLCD
TouchscreenKnown for oneNo
Power2 differ
Power consumption (average operating)Differs680 W495 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one16 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs85 W95 W
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers17.1 kg32.8 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one21.8 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for oneBrother MFL-pro suite in Windows: BrotherControlCentre 3 Scansoft Paperport 11SE + OCR, Macintosh:BrotherControlCentre 2 Newsoft Presto! Page manager 7
Other features3 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs531 x 451 x 475 mm432 x 487 x 482 mm
All-in-one functionsCopy, ScanCopy, Scan
Colour all-in-one functionsDiffersNoCopy, Print, Scan
Compatible operating systemsDiffersWindows 2000 Professional, XP Home Edition, XP Professional Edition, XP professional x64 Edition, Vista Mac OS X 10.3.9 + LinuxWindows 2000, XP Mac OS X 10.2.4+ Linux
Network readyYesYes
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one628 x 567 x 575 mm
EmulationsKnown for onePCL6, BR-Script 3
PictBridgeKnown for oneNo

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