The Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has 21 ppm more print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter) than the Canon 6169C029 multifunction printer Inkjet A4 (31 ppm vs 10 ppm). The Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has 0.9 s more time to first page (black, normal) than the Canon 6169C029 multifunction printer Inkjet A4 (9.9 s vs 9 s). The Canon 6169C029 multifunction printer Inkjet A4 has 4.5 s more time to first copy (colour, normal) than the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 (17 s vs 12.5 s). Only the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has duplex scanning. Only the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has duplex faxing.
NDP, RA, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR Receiver, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port / Port9101, IPP/IPPS, SMTP Client, FTP Client, FTP Server, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v4, HTTP/HTTPS Server, TFTP Client, TFTP Server, ICMPv7, Web Services (Print), Web Services (S)
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile printing technologiesKnown for one
Apple AirPrint, Brother Mobile Connect, Mopria Print Service
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one
1024 MB
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in processorKnown for one
Yes
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one
1200 MHz
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
46.5 dB
Design3 differ
Product colourDiffers
Grey
White
Market positioningDiffers
Business
Home & office
Built-in display
Yes
Yes
Display
LCD
LCD
Display diagonalDiffers
17.8 cm (7")
6.86 cm (2.7")
Control type
Touch
Touch
Colour display
Yes
Yes
Display tiltingKnown for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Yes
Power5 differ
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one
330 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (printing)Known for one
540 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (copying)Differs
540 W
21 W
Power consumption (ready)Known for one
60 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Differs
8.4 W
1.4 W
Power consumption (sleep)Known for one
0.53 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (off)Differs
0.04 W
0.1 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Differs
0.43 kWh/week
0.14 kWh/week
AC input frequency
50/60 Hz
50/60 Hz
AC input voltageDiffers
220 - 240 V
100 - 240 V
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers
Windows 10, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 10 x64, Windows 11, Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows 11 Enterp
Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8.1
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one
Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura, Mac OS X 14.0 Sonoma, Mac OS X 15.0 Sequoia
—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 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one
ChromeOS
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs
20 - 80%
10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs
10 - 32.5 °C
5 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one
36 - 85%
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one
0 - 40 °C
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one
Blue Angel, Nordic Swan Ecolabel
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers
454 mm
374 mm
DepthDiffers
505 mm
380 mm
HeightDiffers
460 mm
186 mm
WeightDiffers
26.7 kg
7 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one
650 mm
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one
610 mm
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one
643 mm
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one
34.7 kg
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Cables included
AC
AC
User guide
Yes
Yes
Warranty cardKnown for one
Yes
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Cartridge(s) includedKnown for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Yes
Included cartridge capacity (black)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
17000 pages
Included cartridge capacity (CMY)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
3000 pages
Included cartridge capacity (economy mode, black)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
25000 pages
Included cartridge capacity (economy mode, CMY)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
4500 pages
Technical detailsidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one
GS mark
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Noise levelKnown for one
49 dB
—Unknown — not stated by the source
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