The Epson EcoTank ET-4905 has 2 ppm more print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter) than the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 (33 ppm vs 31 ppm). The Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has 16 ppm more print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter) than the Epson EcoTank ET-4905 (31 ppm vs 15 ppm). The Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4 has 400 pages more fax memory than the Epson EcoTank ET-4905 (500 pages vs 100 pages). Print technology: Laser on the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4, Inkjet on the Epson EcoTank ET-4905. Maximum resolution: 2400 x 600 DPI on the Brother MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4, 5760 x 1440 DPI on the Epson EcoTank ET-4905.
Print technology
MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4:Laser
EcoTank ET-4905:Inkjet
Maximum resolution
MFC-L8970CDW multifunction printer Laser A4:2400 x 600 DPI
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
Design2 differ
Product colourDiffers
Grey
Black
Market positioningDiffers
Business
Home & office
Built-in display
Yes
Yes
Display
LCD
LCD
Display diagonalKnown for one
17.8 cm (7")
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Control typeKnown for one
Touch
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Colour displayKnown for one
Yes
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power4 differ
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs
330 W
0.5 W
Power consumption (printing)Known for one
540 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (copying)Known for one
540 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (ready)Differs
60 W
6 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one
8.4 W
—Unknown — not stated by the source
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
0.11 kWh/week
AC input frequencyKnown for one
50/60 Hz
—Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input voltageKnown for one
220 - 240 V
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (average operating)Known for one
—Unknown — not stated by the source
12 W
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one
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
—Unknown — not stated by the source
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 conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one
20 - 80%
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one
10 - 32.5 °C
—Unknown — not stated by the source
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
375 mm
DepthDiffers
505 mm
317 mm
HeightDiffers
460 mm
224 mm
WeightDiffers
26.7 kg
5.5 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 includedKnown for one
AC
—Unknown — not stated by the source
User guideKnown for one
Yes
—Unknown — not stated by the source
Warranty cardKnown for one
Yes
—Unknown — not stated by the source
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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