Brother DCP-L3560CDW vs HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4302fdw

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DCP-L3560CDW compared with Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4302fdw

	BrotherDCP-L3560CDW	HPColor LaserJet Pro MFP 4302fdw
Overview
Released
Released	September 2023	March 2023
Printing
Type
Type	Laser	Laser
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	26 pages a minute	33 pages a minute (better)
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	26 pages a minute	33 pages a minute (better)
Resolution
Resolution	600 × 2400 dpi	600 × 600 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	Yes
Printing detail
Printing detail	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	Automatic two-sided printing at up to 29 ipm (A4); print languages HP PCL 6, PCL 5e, PCL 5c, PostScript level 3 emulation, PDF, URF, PWG Raster, Native Office; 1200 MHz processor, 512 MB memory
First page out
First page out	Up to 13.5 seconds, black or colour	As fast as 9.5 sec black, 10.5 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Resolution detail	–	Up to 600 x 600 dpi; up to 38,400 x 600 enhanced dpi black; HP ImageREt 2400
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	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)	Four HP 220A or 220X TerraJet toner cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, yellow); dynamic security enabled
Page yield
Page yield	Toner in the box for 1,000 black and 1,000 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19798	HP 220A: ~2,000 pages black, ~1,800 pages each colour; HP 220X: ~7,500 pages black, ~5,500 pages each colour (ISO/IEC 19798); introductory cartridges in the box: ~2,000 pages black, ~1,000 pages colour
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 3,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 50,000 pages a month (A4); 750 to 4,000 pages recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan and Copy	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax
Document feeder
Document feeder	Yes	Yes
Scanner
Scanner	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	Flatbed (up to 216 x 297 mm) and 50-sheet automatic document feeder with two-sided scanning; up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 29 ppm black, 26 ppm colour, 44 ipm black and 35 ipm colour two-sided (A4); scan to email, SharePoint and OneDrive
Copying
Copying	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	Up to 33 cpm black and colour (A4); up to 999 copies; 25 to 400%
Fax
Fax	–	33.6 kbps; up to 500 pages of fax memory; up to 100 speed dials
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	250 sheets	300 sheets (better)
Paper sizes
Paper sizes	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	A4, A5, A6, B5 (JIS), B6 (JIS), 10 x 15 cm, postcards, envelopes (DL, C5, B5); custom 76.2 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm; 250-sheet tray, 50-sheet multipurpose tray, optional 550-sheet tray 3
Paper types
Paper types	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	Plain, glossy, photo, recycled and other papers, postcards, labels, envelopes; 60 to 163 g/m² (up to 200 g/m² HP colour laser glossy photo paper)
Output tray
Output tray	150 sheets face down	150 sheets
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi Direct
Connection detail
Connection detail	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS	Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (device); Hi-Speed USB 2.0 host for walk-up printing and scanning; Gigabit Ethernet; dual-band Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac); Wi-Fi Direct; RJ-11 fax port
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 OneNote	Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP app, Wi-Fi Direct
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	HP app; HP Web Jetadmin and HP Security Manager for fleet management
Control panel
Control panel	8.8cm colour touchscreen	4.3-inch colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	20 kg	20.4 kg
Power use
Power use	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	585 W printing, 18 W ready, 0.8 W sleep, 0.07 W off; TEC 1.423 kWh a week (Blue Angel)
Noise
Noise	47 dB(A) printing, 43 dB(A) in quiet mode, inaudible when ready (sound pressure)	6.1 B(A) sound power, 50 dB(A) sound pressure
Size
Size	410 × 444 × 401 mm (W × D × H)	421 x 435 x 384 mm (W x D x H); 421 x 686 x 761 mm with the optional 550-sheet tray
In the box
In the box	Printer, four toners, drum unit, belt unit, waste toner box, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card	Printer, four preinstalled toner cartridges, reference guide, setup card, power cord, USB cable