Brother TN760 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge vs Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer is $60.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laser toner cartridge against mono laser printer — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Brother TN760 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge vs Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer
Brother
Brother TN760 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge
$89.99
About 3,000 pages against the TN730 at 1,200, for well under twice the money -- the high-yield cartridge is the cheaper page on almost every laser and this pair makes the point plainly.
Full details →Brother
Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer
$149.99
Brother does not lock its cartridges by firmware, which is the practical difference from the HP equivalents -- compatible TN760 toner is widely available and the printer will use it.
Full details →Who the Brother TN760 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge is for
Buy it if: Brother HL-L2350, L2460 and MFC-L2820 owners printing more than a few hundred pages a month.
Avoid it if: Very light users, for whom the smaller TN730 ties up less money on the shelf.
Who the Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer is for
Buy it if: Desks that need fast reliable mono printing and nothing else.
Avoid it if: Anyone who needs to scan or copy, which this cannot do at all.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Brother TN760 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge | Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $89.99 | $149.99 |
| Cost per page | About 3 cents at the stated yield | About 3 cents on TN760, excluding drum and paper |
| Warranty | Manufacturer quality guarantee | 1-year limited warranty |
| Cartridge type | Toner only -- drum sold separately as DR730 | not published |
| Color | Black | not published |
| Compatible printers | HL-L2350DW, HL-L2460DW, MFC-L2710DW, MFC-L2820DW | not published |
| Connectivity | not published | Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB |
| Drum unit | not published | DR730, about 15,000 pages, replaced separately |
| Duplex | not published | Automatic two-sided printing |
| Duty cycle | not published | Up to 20,000 pages a month maximum |
| Input tray | not published | 250 sheets |
| Page yield | About 3,000 pages at 5 per cent coverage | not published |
| Print resolution | not published | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Print speed | not published | Up to 36 ppm, Letter mono |
| Rated power | not published | About 550 W printing, 0.6 W in sleep |
| Recommended volume | not published | Up to 2,000 pages a month |
| Replacement cartridge | not published | Brother TN760, about 3,000 pages, or TN730, about 1,200 |
| Shelf life | About 2 years sealed | not published |
| Standard alternative | Brother TN730, about 1,200 pages | not published |
| Yield standard | ISO/IEC 19752 | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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