Brother MFC-J4540DW vs Brother MFC-J4550DW

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MFC-J4540DW compared with MFC-J4550DW

	BrotherMFC-J4540DW	BrotherMFC-J4550DW
Overview
Released
Released	August 2021	July 2025
Printing
Type
Type	Inkjet	Inkjet
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	20 pages a minute	20 pages a minute
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	19 pages a minute	19 pages a minute
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	1200 × 4800 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	Yes
Printing detail
Printing detail	Piezo inkjet (210 nozzles for black, 3 × 210 for colour); 2-sided printing at 11 ipm black and 10 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 24734); borderless printing up to A4; 128MB memory; quiet mode	Inkjet with pigment inks; 2-sided printing at 11 ipm black and 10 ipm colour (ISO/IEC 24734); borderless printing up to A4; 256MB memory; quiet mode
First page out
First page out	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	LC426 cartridges (3,000 pages black, 1,500 pages each colour) or LC426XL (6,000 black, 5,000 colour)	LC527 cartridges (1,300 pages black, 900 pages each colour) or LC527XL (3,000 black, 2,000 colour)
Page yield
Page yield	Cartridges in the box for about 3,000 black and 1,500 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711	Starter cartridges in the box for about 350 black and 350 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax
Document feeder
Document feeder	Yes	Yes
Scanner
Scanner	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); up to 1200 × 2400 dpi from the glass, 1200 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to USB, email, network, FTP, SFTP, SharePoint and OCR	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, 1200 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to USB, email, network, FTP, SFTP, file and image
Copying
Copying	13 ipm black and 10.5 ipm colour 1-sided, 5 and 4.5 ipm 2-sided; first copy in 10.5 seconds black, 13 seconds colour; up to 1200 × 2400 dpi; 25–400% zoom	13 ipm black and 10.5 ipm colour 1-sided, 5 and 4.5 ipm 2-sided (ISO/IEC 24735); first copy in 10.5 seconds black, 13 seconds colour; up to 1200 × 2400 dpi; 25–400% zoom; 2-in-1 ID copy
Fax
Fax	ITU-T Group 3, 14,400 bps; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; 100-name address book with 2 numbers each	14,400 bps G3; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; broadcast to up to 50 locations
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	400 sheets	400 sheets
Paper sizes
Paper sizes	Input 150-sheet tray and 250-sheet second tray, plus a 1-sheet manual feed slot; tray 1 and manual slot A4, Letter, Legal, Folio, Executive, A5, A6, 10 × 15 cm, 9 × 13 cm, 13 × 18 cm, 13 × 20 cm and envelopes C5, COM-10, DL and Monarch; tray 2 A4, Letter, Legal, Folio, Executive and A5 plain paper; document feeder 148–215.9 mm wide by 148–355.6 mm long; 2-sided A4, Letter, Executive and A5	Input 150-sheet tray and 250-sheet lower tray, plus a 1-sheet manual feed slot; tray 1 A4, Letter, Legal, Folio, Executive, A5, A6, 10 × 15 cm, 9 × 13 cm, 13 × 20 cm and envelopes C5, COM-10, DL and Monarch; lower tray A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, A5 and Folio; document feeder 139.7–215.9 mm wide by 148–355.6 mm long; 2-sided A4, Letter, Executive and A5
Paper types
Paper types	Plain, inkjet, glossy and recycled paper; tray 1 64–220 gsm; tray 2 plain and recycled only	Tray 1 plain, inkjet, glossy and recycled paper, 64–220 gsm; lower tray plain and recycled, 64–120 gsm; manual feed slot 64–300 gsm; document feeder 64–90 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets face up	100 sheets
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; front USB host port; Ethernet; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS; NFC	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; front USB host port; Fast Ethernet (10/100); 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, Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect	Apple AirPrint (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and SharePoint Online
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)
Control panel
Control panel	6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen	6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	10.4 kg
Power use
Power use	21 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 1.2 W sleep, 0.2 W off	22 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 0.9 W sleep, 0.1 W off
Noise
Noise	57 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	54 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)
Size
Size	435 × 372 × 250 mm (W × D × H)	440 × 355 × 250 mm (W × D × H) on the UK spec page; the datasheet gives 435 mm wide
In the box
In the box	Printer, ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, product safety guide, user guide, warranty card	Printer, starter ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card