HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer vs Brother MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The Brother MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One Printer is $20.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — business inkjet mfp against mono laser mfp — 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 MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One 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 MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One Printer
$249.99
The multi-function sibling of the HL-L2460DW, adding a 50-sheet feeder, a scanner and a fax for about a hundred dollars.
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 MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One Printer is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting laser output, scanning and a feeder without cartridge restrictions.
Avoid it if: Anyone scanning two-sided documents in volume, who needs a duplex feeder.
Specifications, side by side
9 of 15 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer | Brother MFC-L2820DW Mono Laser All-in-One Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.99 | $249.99 |
| 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 |
| Document feeder | 35-sheet ADF | 50-sheet ADF |
| Duplex | Automatic two-sided printing | Automatic two-sided printing, single-sided scanning |
| 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, 0.7 W in sleep |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
| Cartridge policy | HP+ enrolment restricts the printer to Original HP cartridges | not published |
| Drum unit | not published | DR730, about 15,000 pages, replaced separately |
| Input tray | not published | 250 sheets |
| Recommended volume | 400 to 1,200 pages a month | not published |
| Replacement cartridge | not published | Brother TN760, about 3,000 pages |
| 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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