Product comparison · 2 multifunction printers

Brother MFCL5700DW Laser A4 vs Canon PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4

47specifications compared
26differ
21identical
78known for one product only

Key differences

Print technology
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Laser
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:Inkjet
Printing
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Mono printing
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:Colour printing
Maximum resolution
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:1200 x 1200 DPI
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:9600 x 2400 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:42 ppm
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:15 ppm
Copying
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Mono copying
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:Colour copying
Maximum number of copies
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:999 copies
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:99 copies
Optical scanning resolution
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:1200 x 1200 DPI
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:2400 x 4800 DPI
Scanner type
- MFCL5700DW Laser A4:Flatbed & ADF scanner
- PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4:Flatbed scanner

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Comparison of MFCL5700DW, MG7720
125 specifications	A Brother MFCL5700DW Laser A4 Model MFCL5700DW View product	B Canon PIXMA MG7720 Inkjet A4 Model MG7720 View product
Printing4 differ
Print technologyDiffers	Laser	Inkjet
PrintingDiffers	Mono printing	Colour printing
Duplex printing modeKnown for one	Auto	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum resolutionDiffers	1200 x 1200 DPI	9600 x 2400 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	42 ppm	15 ppm
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	7.2 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 ppm
Copying2 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 copiesDiffers	999 copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy functionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
PC free copyingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Copy speed (colour, normal quality, A4)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.7 cpm
Time to first copy (colour, normal)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	19 s
Scanning2 differ
Optical scanning resolutionDiffers	1200 x 1200 DPI	2400 x 4800 DPI
Scanner typeDiffers	Flatbed & ADF scanner	Flatbed scanner
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 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
Maximum scan areaKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	216 x 297 mm
Scan technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CIS
Faxidentical
FaxingKnown for one	Mono faxing	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Features1 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 cartridgesKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 capacity2 differ
Total input capacityDiffers	250 sheets	125 sheets
Total output capacityKnown for one	150 sheets	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 typeDiffers	Paper tray	Cassette, Paper tray
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	Envelopes, Glossy paper, High resolution paper, Matte paper, Photo paper, Plain paper, T-shirt Transfer
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, A5
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
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B5
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Legal
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10, DL
Photo paper sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10x15,13x18,20x25
Borderless printing media sizesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10x15, 13x18, 20x25, A4, Letter
Ports & interfacesidentical
Direct printingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Standard interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ethernet, USB, Wireless LAN
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network2 differ
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 algorithmsDiffers	64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK	WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
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 technologiesDiffers	Apple AirPrint, Brother iPrint & Scan, Google Cloud Print, Mopria Print Service	Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, PIXMA Cloud Link
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
Card reader integratedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible memory cardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	MS Duo, MS PRO Duo, SD, SDHC
Design2 differ
Market positioningDiffers	Business	Home & office
Display diagonalDiffers	9.4 cm (3.7")	8.89 cm (3.5")
Colour displayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
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)Differs	0.03 W	0.2 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)Known for one	0.567 kWh/week	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input voltageDiffers	120 V	100 - 240 V
System requirements1 differ
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Android, iOS
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	20 - 80%	10 - 80%
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)Differs	0 - 40 °C	15 - 30 °C
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	434.4 mm	435 mm
DepthDiffers	426.7 mm	370 mm
HeightDiffers	485.1 mm	148 mm
WeightDiffers	16.4 kg	7.9 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
Power cord includedKnown for one	Yes	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
Drivers includedKnown 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
PictBridgeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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