HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer vs Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 8 recorded specifications. The HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer is $80.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — business inkjet mfp against mono laser printer — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer vs Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer
HP
HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer
$229.99
The purchase price is a fraction of a laser and the running cost is not: HP 910XL cartridges land around 4 to 5 cents a mono page, which is worse than a high-yield laser.
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 HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer is for
Buy it if: Low-volume offices that need color, scanning and a feeder in a small footprint.
Avoid it if: Anyone printing several thousand pages a month, where a laser is cheaper to own.
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
8 of 15 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer | Brother HL-L2460DW Compact Mono Laser Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.99 | $149.99 |
| Connectivity | Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB | Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB |
| Cost per page | About 4 to 5 cents mono on 910XL, excluding paper | About 3 cents on TN760, excluding drum and paper |
| Duty cycle | Up to 25,000 pages a month maximum | Up to 20,000 pages a month maximum |
| Print resolution | 4800 x 1200 dpi optimised color | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Print speed | Up to 22 ppm mono, 18 ppm color, Letter | Up to 36 ppm, Letter mono |
| Rated power | About 35 W printing | About 550 W printing, 0.6 W in sleep |
| Recommended volume | 400 to 1,200 pages a month | Up to 2,000 pages a month |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
| Duplex | Automatic two-sided printing | Automatic two-sided printing |
| Cartridge policy | HP+ enrolment restricts the printer to Original HP cartridges | not published |
| Document feeder | 35-sheet ADF | not published |
| Drum unit | not published | DR730, about 15,000 pages, replaced separately |
| Input tray | not published | 250 sheets |
| Replacement cartridge | not published | Brother TN760, about 3,000 pages, or TN730, about 1,200 |
| Replacement cartridges | HP 910 or 910XL, four cartridges | 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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