Product comparison · 2 multifunction printers

Epson AcuLaser CX21N vs HP LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3

40specifications compared
30differ
10identical
81known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum resolution
- AcuLaser CX21N:600 x 600 DPI
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:600 x 1200 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- AcuLaser CX21N:25 ppm
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:50 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- AcuLaser CX21N:5 ppm
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:40 ppm
Maximum copy resolution
- AcuLaser CX21N:600
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:600 x 600 DPI
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)
- AcuLaser CX21N:25 cpm
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:50 cpm
Input colour depth
- AcuLaser CX21N:48 bit
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:24 bit
Faxing
- AcuLaser CX21N:No
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:Mono faxing
Maximum duty cycle
- AcuLaser CX21N:45000 pages per month
- LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3:50000 pages per month

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Comparison of CX21N, CM8050
121 specifications	A Epson AcuLaser CX21N Model CX21N View product	B HP LaserJet CM8050 Laser A3 Model CM8050 View product
Printing3 differ
Duplex printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Duplex printing modeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Auto
Maximum resolutionDiffers	600 x 600 DPI	600 x 1200 DPI
Print resolution colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 x 1200 DPI
Print resolution blackKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	25 ppm	50 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	5 ppm	40 ppm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A3)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11 ppm
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A3)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 ppm
Warm-up timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	210 s
Time to first page (black, normal)Known for one	9 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time to first page (colour, normal)Known for one	17 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Economical printingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Copying2 differ
Maximum copy resolutionDiffers	600	600 x 600 DPI
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)Differs	25 cpm	50 cpm
Maximum number of copiesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9999 copies
Copier resizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	25 - 400%
Copy speed (colour, normal quality, A4)Known for one	5 cpm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Scanning1 differ
Maximum scan areaKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	297 x 432 mm
Scanner typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Input colour depthDiffers	48 bit	24 bit
Greyscale levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256
Maximum scan resolutionKnown for one	9600 x 9600 DPI	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fax1 differ
FaxingDiffers	No	Mono faxing
Fax resolution (black)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 x 200 DPI
Modem speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50000 pages
Auto-redialingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100
Fax forwardingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Fax delayed sendingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Features1 differ
Maximum duty cycleDiffers	45000 pages per month	50000 pages per month
Number of print cartridgesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5
Printing coloursKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCL 5c, PCL 6, PDF 1.4
All-In-One-multitaskingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Digital senderKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Country of originKnown for one	China	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input & output capacity3 differ
Total number of input traysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Total input capacityDiffers	680 sheets	1580 sheets
Maximum number of input traysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5
Maximum input capacityDiffers	680 sheets	5580 sheets
Maximum output capacityDiffers	250 sheets	3700 sheets
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
Paper handling5 differ
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeDiffers	A4	A3
Maximum print sizeDiffers	216 x 356 mm	305 x 457 mm
Paper tray media typesDiffers	Coated paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Transparencies	Card stock, Labels, Plain paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Differs	A4, A5	A3, A4, A5
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	B4, B5, B6
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 - 135 g/m²
Media weight (tray 1)Differs	64 - 210 g/m2	60 - 220 g/m²
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)Known for one	B5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-ISO print media sizesKnown for one	Executive	Unknown — not stated by the source
Envelopes sizesKnown for one	DL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Standard interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ethernet, USB 2.0
Direct printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
USB portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Supported network protocols (IPv4)Known for one	TCP/IP: SNMP, HTTP, TELNET, DHCP, BOOTP, APIPA, PING, DDNS, mDNS(Bonjour),SNTP, SLP, NetBEUI: SNMP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	128 MB	1024 MB
Internal storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 GB
Card reader integratedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Celeron® M
Processor modelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	730
Processor frequencyDiffers	400 MHz	1600 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one	57 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black, Grey
Power2 differ
Power consumption (average operating)Differs	790 W	1920 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs	18 W	200 W
AC input voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	220 - 240 V
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	59 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	64 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	Pentium II 233MHz / PowerPC G3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	15 - 80%	20 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 32 °C	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Differs	15 - 80%	8 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 35 °C	-40 - 60 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1067 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	840 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1220 mm
WeightDiffers	33.1 kg	322 kg
Packaging data4 differ
Package widthDiffers	590 mm	1168 mm
Package depthDiffers	740 mm	990 mm
Package heightDiffers	810 mm	1270 mm
Package weightDiffers	43.7 kg	422 kg
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Hardware scan resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 x 600 DPI
Colour faxingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Colour scanningKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	0.576 GB	1 GB
Standard input traysKnown for one	1 x 180 + 1 x 500	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	10Base-T/100Base-TX	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	460 x 467 x 667 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
All-in-one functionsKnown for one	Scan	Unknown — not stated by the source
Colour all-in-one functionsKnown for one	Copy, Print, Scan	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 98SE/Me/XP/2000/Server 2003/XP64/Vista, Mac OSX 10.2.8 +	Unknown — not stated by the source
EmulationsKnown for one	ESC/Page-Color S, Adobe PostScript 3, PCL5c, PCL6	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsKnown for one	220V ±10% / 50Hz / 60Hz ± 3Hz / 4.0 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Standard media sizesKnown for one	HLT, GLT, GLG, F4, LT	Unknown — not stated by the source
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	IEC60950 3d; IEC60825, CE, EN55022 ClassB, EN61000-3-2 Class A, EN6100-3-3, EN55024	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	ENERGY STAR	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Products per pallet layerKnown for one	2 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Products per palletKnown for one	4 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Products per pallet layer (UK)Known for one	2 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Products per pallet (UK)Known for one	4 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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