HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner vs Brother QL-1110NWB Wide Format Label Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner is $299.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — sheetfed document scanner against thermal label printer — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner vs Brother QL-1110NWB Wide Format Label Printer
HP
HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner
$499.00
A dedicated sheetfed scanner exists because an MFP feeder is designed for occasional copying -- this one is rated for 4,000 sheets a day, roughly an order of magnitude beyond what a printer feeder tolerates.
Full details →Brother
Brother QL-1110NWB Wide Format Label Printer
$199.99
Direct thermal printing means there is no ink, no toner and no ribbon -- the only consumable is the label roll, which is what makes label printers cheap to run and their output fade in sunlight.
Full details →Who the HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner is for
Buy it if: Offices digitising records in bulk, where feeder reliability decides the throughput.
Avoid it if: Anyone scanning books, passports or fragile originals, which need a flatbed.
Who the Brother QL-1110NWB Wide Format Label Printer is for
Buy it if: Dispatch benches printing 4 inch shipping labels in volume.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing labels that survive sunlight or abrasion, which need thermal transfer instead.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner | Brother QL-1110NWB Wide Format Label Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $499.00 | $199.99 |
| Connectivity | USB 3.0 | Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB |
| Rated power | About 20 W scanning | About 30 W printing |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
| Automatic cutter | not published | Fitted, rated about 300,000 cuts |
| Consumable parts | Roller replacement kit rated about 100,000 sheets | not published |
| Consumable type | not published | Brother DK label rolls |
| Daily duty cycle | Up to 4,000 sheets a day | not published |
| Double feed detection | Ultrasonic | not published |
| Duplex | Single pass, both sides in one pass | not published |
| Feeder capacity | 50 sheets | not published |
| Maximum label width | not published | 4 in |
| Optical resolution | 600 dpi | not published |
| Print resolution | not published | 300 x 300 dpi |
| Print speed | not published | Up to 69 labels per minute |
| Print technology | not published | Direct thermal, no ink or ribbon |
| Scan speed | 40 ppm, 80 images per minute duplex | 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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