Brother DCP-L2660DW vs Brother DCP-T780DW
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| BrotherDCP-L2660DW | BrotherDCP-T780DW | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | October 2023 | June 2025 |
| Printing | ||
| Type | Laser | Ink tank |
| Colour | No | Yes |
| Speed, black | 34 pages a minute (better) | 16 pages a minute |
| Speed, colour | – | 9 pages a minute |
| Resolution | 1200 × 1200 dpi | 1200 × 6000 dpi |
| Prints both sides | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Inkjet with refillable ink tanks; 2-sided printing at 7 ipm black and 5 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 24734); borderless printing up to A4; 128MB memory; quiet mode |
| First page out | Up to 8.5 seconds | 6.2 seconds black, 6.5 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629) |
| 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) | BTD180BK black (7,500 pages) and BTD180 cyan, magenta and yellow (5,000 pages each) ink bottles; key-lock bottles fill only the matching tank |
| Page yield | 1,200-page toner in the box; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19752 | Two black bottles (2 × 7,500 pages) and one of each colour (5,000 pages) in the box; Brother's own method with ISO/IEC 24712 test pages, not ISO/IEC 24711; about 7,125 black and 4,450 colour pages remain after the first fill of the ink lines |
| Duty cycle | Up to 2,500 pages a month recommended | Up to 1,000 pages a month recommended |
| Scanning and copying | ||
| Does | Print, Scan and Copy | Print, Scan and Copy |
| Document feeder | Yes | Yes |
| 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 20-sheet document feeder; 1-sided scanning at 17 ipm mono and 7 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 17991); 1200 × 2400 dpi from the glass, 600 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to email, image and file |
| 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 | 11 ipm black and 8 ipm colour from the feeder (ISO/IEC 24735); 2-sided copying; first copy in 13 seconds black, 25 seconds colour; up to 1200 × 2400 dpi; 25–400% zoom; 2-in-1 ID copy |
| Paper | ||
| Largest paper | A4 | A4 |
| Paper tray | 250 sheets (better) | 150 sheets |
| 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, Folio, Executive, A5, A6, 10 × 15 cm photo, 13 × 20 cm index card, 13 × 18 cm, envelopes C5, DL, COM-10 and Monarch; manual feed slot (1 sheet) A4, A5, Letter, Legal, Folio and 10 × 15 cm; document feeder 139.7–215.9 mm wide by 210–355.6 mm long; 2-sided A4 only |
| 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, inkjet, glossy and recycled paper, 64–220 gsm; manual feed slot 64–300 gsm; document feeder 64–90 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm |
| Output tray | 120 sheets face down | 50 sheets |
| Connections | ||
| Connects by | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and USB |
| 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; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS |
| 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 SharePoint Online |
| App | Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad) | Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad) |
| Control panel | 6.8cm colour touchscreen | 4.5cm (1.8″) colour display with buttons |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 11.4 kg | 7.9 kg |
| 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 | 16 W copying, 2.5 W ready, 0.6 W sleep, 0.15 W off |
| Noise | 49 dB(A) printing, 44 dB(A) in quiet mode, 30 dB(A) ready (sound pressure) | 55 dB(A) printing (sound pressure) |
| Size | 410 × 399 × 319 mm (W × D × H) | 390 × 343 × 183 mm (W × D × H) |
| In the box | Printer, 1,200-page toner, drum, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card | Printer, ink bottles, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card |
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