Brother DCP-L2660DW vs Brother DCP-L3560CDW

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DCP-L2660DW compared with DCP-L3560CDW

	BrotherDCP-L2660DW	BrotherDCP-L3560CDW
Overview
Released
Released	October 2023	September 2023
Printing
Type
Type	Laser	Laser
Colour
Colour	No	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	34 pages a minute (better)	26 pages a minute
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	–	26 pages a minute
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 1200 dpi	600 × 2400 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	Yes
Printing detail
Printing detail	Electrophotographic laser; 2-sided printing at up to 16 sides a minute; 256MB memory; PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; quiet mode	Electrophotographic LED, which uses toner and a drum like a laser; 2-sided printing at up to 10 sides a minute; 512MB memory; PCL5e, PCL5c, PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; secure print, Universal Print and quiet mode
First page out
First page out	Up to 8.5 seconds	Up to 13.5 seconds, black or colour
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	TN2510 toner (1,200 pages) or TN2510XL (3,000 pages); separate DR2510 drum (about 15,000 pages at 1 page per job)	Four TN248 toners (1,000 pages black, 1,000 colour) or TN248XL (3,000 black, 2,300 colour); DR248CL drum (about 20,000 pages), BU229CL belt (about 50,000 pages), WT229CL waste toner box (about 50,000 pages)
Page yield
Page yield	1,200-page toner in the box; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19752	Toner in the box for 1,000 black and 1,000 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19798
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,500 pages a month recommended	Up to 3,000 pages a month recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan and Copy	Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
Document feeder	Yes	Yes
Scanner
Scanner	Colour CIS scanner with A4 glass and 50-sheet document feeder; 1-sided scanning at 22.5 ipm mono and 7.5 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 17991); 1200 × 1200 dpi from the glass, 600 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to email, OCR, file, FTP, SharePoint and Microsoft Office formats	Colour CIS scanner with A4 glass and 50-sheet document feeder; 1-sided scanning at 27 ipm mono and 21 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 17991); 1200 × 1200 dpi from the glass, 600 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to email, network folder, FTP, SharePoint, OCR and Microsoft Office formats
Copying
Copying	Up to 34 copies a minute; first copy in up to 10 seconds; up to 600 × 600 dpi; 25–400% zoom; 2-in-1 ID copy	Up to 26 copies a minute; first copy in up to 15.5 seconds; up to 600 × 600 dpi; 25–400% zoom; 2-in-1 ID copy
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	250 sheets	250 sheets
Paper sizes
Paper sizes	Tray A4, Letter, B5, A5, A5 (long edge), B6, A6, Executive, A4 Short, 16K; manual feed slot (1 sheet) 76.2–215.9 mm wide by 127–355.6 mm long, envelopes COM-10, DL, C5 and Monarch; document feeder 105–216 mm wide by 147–356 mm long; 2-sided A4 only	Tray A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, A5, A5 (long edge), A6, B5, B6, A4 Short, Folio, 16K; manual feed slot (1 sheet) 76.2–216 mm wide by 116–355.6 mm long, envelopes COM-10, DL, C5 and Monarch; document feeder 105–215.9 mm wide by 147.3–355.6 mm long; 2-sided A4 only
Paper types
Paper types	Tray plain, thin, recycled and thick paper, 60–163 gsm; manual feed slot also bond, labels and envelopes, 60–230 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm	Tray plain, thin, thick and recycled paper, 60–163 gsm; manual feed slot also bond, labels, envelopes and glossy paper, 60–163 gsm; 2-sided 60–105 gsm
Output tray
Output tray	120 sheets face down	150 sheets face down
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
Connection detail
Connection detail	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Fast Ethernet (10/100); Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS
Printing from phones
Printing from phones	Apple AirPrint (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and SharePoint Online	Apple AirPrint (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and OneNote
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)
Control panel
Control panel	6.8cm colour touchscreen	8.8cm colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	11.4 kg	20 kg
Power use
Power use	470 W printing, 270 W in quiet mode, 490 W copying, 43 W ready, 4.1 W sleep, 0.7 W deep sleep, 0.08 W off; TEC 0.39 kWh a week	560 W printing or copying, 310 W in quiet mode, 70 W ready, 10 W sleep, 0.6 W deep sleep, 0.04 W off; TEC 0.41 kWh a week
Noise
Noise	49 dB(A) printing, 44 dB(A) in quiet mode, 30 dB(A) ready (sound pressure)	47 dB(A) printing, 43 dB(A) in quiet mode, inaudible when ready (sound pressure)
Size
Size	410 × 399 × 319 mm (W × D × H)	410 × 444 × 401 mm (W × D × H)
In the box
In the box	Printer, 1,200-page toner, drum, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card	Printer, four toners, drum unit, belt unit, waste toner box, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card