Product comparison · 2 multifunction printers

Brother MFCL5700DW Laser A4 vs Canon PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4

32specifications compared
19differ
13identical
86known for one product only

Key differences

Print technology
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Laser
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:Inkjet
Printing
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Mono printing
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:Colour printing
Maximum resolution
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:1200 x 1200 DPI
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:4800 x 1200 DPI
Copying
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Mono copying
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:Colour copying
Optical scanning resolution
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:1200 x 1200 DPI
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:1200 x 2400 DPI
Faxing
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Mono faxing
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:No
Number of print cartridges
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:1
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:4
Printing colours
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Black
- PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4:Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

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Comparison of MFCL5700DW, MG5721
118 specifications	A Brother MFCL5700DW Laser A4 Model MFCL5700DW View product	B Canon PIXMA MG5721 Inkjet A4 Model MG5721 View product
Printing3 differ
Print technologyDiffers	Laser	Inkjet
PrintingDiffers	Mono printing	Colour printing
Duplex printingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Duplex printing modeKnown for one	Auto	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum resolutionDiffers	1200 x 1200 DPI	4800 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	42 ppm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	7.2 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Print resolution colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4800 x 1200 DPI
Print resolution blackKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 x 600 DPI
Print speed (ISO/IEC 24734) monoKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12.6 ipm
Print speed (ISO/IEC 24734) colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9 ipm
N-in-1 print functionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Copying1 differ
CopyingDiffers	Mono copying	Colour copying
Maximum copy resolutionKnown for one	1200 x 600 DPI	Unknown — not stated by the source
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)Known for one	42 cpm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time to first copy (black, normal)Known for one	9.2 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum number of copiesKnown for one	999 copies	Unknown — not stated by the source
Copier resizeKnown for one	25 - 400%	Unknown — not stated by the source
PC free copyingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Scanning1 differ
Optical scanning resolutionDiffers	1200 x 1200 DPI	1200 x 2400 DPI
Scanner typeKnown for one	Flatbed & ADF scanner	Unknown — not stated by the source
Scan toKnown for one	CIFS, Cloud, E-mail, E-mail Server, FTP, File, OCR, USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Image formats supportedKnown for one	JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF	Unknown — not stated by the source
Document formats supportedKnown for one	DOCX, HTM, HTML, PDF, PPTX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, XML, XPS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input colour depthKnown for one	48 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Output colour depthKnown for one	24 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input greyscale depthKnown for one	16 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Output greyscale depthKnown for one	8 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Scan driversKnown for one	ICA, ISIS, SANE, TWAIN, WIA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fax1 differ
FaxingDiffers	Mono faxing	No
Modem speedKnown for one	33.6 Kbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fax memoryKnown for one	500 pages	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)Known for one	300	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fax broadcastingKnown for one	350 locations	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features2 differ
Maximum duty cycleKnown for one	50000 pages per month	Unknown — not stated by the source
Digital senderKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of print cartridgesDiffers	1	4
Printing coloursDiffers	Black	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Page description languagesKnown for one	BR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 5c, PCL 5e, PCL 6, PDF 1.3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input & output capacity1 differ
Total input capacityKnown for one	250 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total output capacityDiffers	150 sheets	100 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 input typeKnown for one	Paper tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto document feeder (ADF)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacityKnown for one	50 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manual feederKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Paper handling2 differ
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Bond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Letterhead, Plain paper, Recycled paper	Glossy paper, Photo paper, Plain paper
Multi-purpose tray media typesKnown for one	Envelopes, Legal, Letter	Unknown — not stated by the source
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Differs	A4, A5, A6	A4
Paper tray media weightKnown for one	60 - 120 g/m²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi-Purpose Tray media weightKnown for one	60 - 200 g/m²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weightKnown for one	60 - 105 g/m²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10
Ports & interfacesidentical
Standard interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ethernet, USB, Wireless LAN
Networkidentical
Cabling technologyKnown for one	10/100Base-T(X)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN data ratesKnown for one	10,100 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
BluetoothKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Near Field Communication (NFC)Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security algorithmsKnown for one	64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for one	ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS Name Resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR Responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port 9100, POP3, SMTP Client, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/HTTPS Server, TFTP Client and Server, ICMP, Web Services	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocols (IPv6)Known for one	ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS Name Resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR Responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port 9100, POP3, SMTP Client, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/HTTPS Server, TFTP Client and Server, ICMP, Web Services	Unknown — not stated by the source
Email protocolsKnown for one	APOP, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile printing technologiesKnown for one	Apple AirPrint, Brother iPrint & Scan, Google Cloud Print, Mopria Print Service	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	800 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one	54 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design3 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Silver
Market positioningDiffers	Business	Home & office
Display diagonalDiffers	9.4 cm (3.7")	6.35 cm (2.5")
TouchscreenKnown for one	Yes	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
Poweridentical
Power consumption (max)Known for one	1248 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (printing)Known for one	630 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (ready)Known for one	36 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (sleep)Known for one	8.4 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (off)Known for one	0.03 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Known for one	0.567 kWh/week	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input voltageKnown for one	120 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows 10, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Profes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	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 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	35 - 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	EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	434.4 mm	457 mm
DepthDiffers	426.7 mm	371 mm
HeightDiffers	485.1 mm	150 mm
WeightDiffers	16.4 kg	6.26 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Cartridge(s) includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Included cartridge capacity (black)Known for one	2000 pages	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cables includedKnown for one	Phone	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quick installation guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Nuance PaperPort SE with OCR for Windows, Presto! PageManager with OCR for Mac	Unknown — not stated by the source
Warranty cardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Documentation CDKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Software CDKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Safety sheetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
PictBridgeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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