Brother HL-L5210DW vs Canon i-SENSYS LBP246dw II
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| BrotherHL-L5210DW | Canoni-SENSYS LBP246dw II | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | October 2023 | October 2025 |
| Printing | ||
| Type | Laser | Laser |
| Colour | No | No |
| Speed, black | 48 pages a minute (better) | 40 pages a minute |
| Resolution | 1200 × 1200 dpi | 1200 × 1200 dpi |
| Prints both sides | Yes | Yes |
| Printing detail | Electrophotographic laser; 2-sided printing at up to 24 sides a minute; 256MB memory; PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; secure print and quiet mode | Monochrome laser; 2-sided printing at up to 33.6 ipm (A4); up to 65.4 ppm on A5 landscape; UFRII, PCL 5e, PCL6 and Adobe PostScript 3; 1 GB memory, 4 GB storage; Secure Print and Encrypted Secure Print |
| First page out | Up to 6.7 seconds | About 5 seconds or less; warm-up about 14 seconds from power on |
| Ink or toner | TN3600 toner (3,000 pages), TN3600XL (6,000 pages) or TN3600XXL (11,000 pages); separate DR3600 drum (about 75,000 pages at 3 pages per job) | Cartridge 070 (3,000 pages) or 070H (10,200 pages), ISO/IEC 19752 |
| Page yield | 3,000-page toner in the box; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19752 | Starter cartridge in the box, about 1,500 pages |
| Duty cycle | Up to 5,000 pages a month recommended | Up to 80,000 pages; 750–4,000 pages a month recommended |
| Scanning and copying | ||
| Does | ||
| Document feeder | No | – |
| Paper | ||
| Largest paper | A4 | A4 |
| Paper tray | 250 sheets | 250 sheets |
| Paper sizes | Input 250-sheet tray plus 100-sheet multi-purpose tray, up to 1,290 sheets with two optional lower trays (LT-5505 250 sheets, LT-6505 520 sheets); tray A4, Letter, B5, A5, A5 (long edge), A6, Executive, Legal, Folio, A4 Short, 16K; multi-purpose tray 69.8–215.9 mm wide by 127–355.6 mm long, envelopes COM-10, DL, C5 and Monarch; 2-sided A4 only | Cassette A4, A5, A5 landscape, A6, B5, Legal, Letter, Executive, Statement, Foolscap, 16K and custom sizes 105 × 148 to 216 × 355.6 mm; multi-purpose tray also index cards and envelopes (COM10, Monarch, C5, DL) from 76.2 × 127 mm; 2-sided A4, Legal, Letter, Foolscap |
| Paper types | Tray plain, letterhead, coloured, thin, recycled and thick paper, 60–163 gsm; multi-purpose tray also bond, labels and envelopes, 60–230 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm | Plain, recycled, heavy, thin and coated paper, labels, postcards, envelopes; cassette 60–120 g/m², multi-purpose tray 60–199 g/m² |
| Output tray | 150 sheets face down | 150 sheets |
| Connections | ||
| Connects by | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB |
| 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 | USB 2.0 Hi-Speed; Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000); Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n); Wireless Direct; WPA3 |
| Printing from phones | Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin | Apple AirPrint, Mopria, IPP Everywhere, Canon Print Service plug-in (Android), Microsoft Universal Print |
| App | Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad) | Canon PRINT |
| Control panel | 1-line LCD with keys | 5-line LCD with numeric keypad |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 11.2 kg | 9.5 kg |
| Power use | 670 W printing, 430 W in quiet mode, 31 W ready, 5.5 W sleep, 0.5 W deep sleep, 0.05 W off; TEC 0.59 kWh a week | About 480 W printing, 6 W standby, 0.9 W sleep; TEC 0.33 kWh a week |
| Noise | 54 dB(A) printing, 50 dB(A) in quiet mode, 35 dB(A) ready (sound pressure); 7.06 B(A) sound power printing | 54 dB(A) or less printing 1-sided, 53 dB(A) 2-sided (sound pressure) |
| Size | 373 × 388 × 257 mm (W × D × H) | 399 × 373 × 249 mm (W × D × H) |
| In the box | Printer, 3,000-page toner, drum, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card | – |
