Brother MFC-J4540DW vs Brother MFC-L2960DW

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MFC-J4540DW compared with MFC-L2960DW

	BrotherMFC-J4540DW	BrotherMFC-L2960DW
Overview
Released
Released	August 2021	October 2024
Printing
Type
Type	Inkjet	Laser
Colour
Colour	Yes	No
Speed, black
Speed, black	20 pages a minute	34 pages a minute (better)
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	19 pages a minute	–
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	1200 × 1200 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	Electrophotographic laser; 2-sided printing at up to 16 sides a minute; 256MB memory; PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; secure print, Universal Print and quiet mode
First page out
First page out	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)	Up to 6.9 seconds from ready, 8.1 seconds from sleep
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)	TN2510 toner (1,200 pages), TN2510XL (3,000 pages) or TN2510XXL (5,000 pages); separate DR2510 drum (about 15,000 pages at 1 page per job)
Page yield
Page yield	Cartridges in the box for about 3,000 black and 1,500 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711	1,500-page toner in the box; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19752
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 3,500 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	Dual CIS colour scanner with A4 glass and 50-sheet document feeder; 1-sided and 2-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 server, network folder, FTP, SharePoint, OCR and Microsoft Office formats
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	Up to 34 copies a minute, 2-sided copying; first copy in up to 8.4 seconds; up to 600 × 600 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	33.6 kbps Super G3; automatic 2-sided faxing; PC-Fax send and receive; Internet fax; 500-page memory; 200 speed dials
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	400 sheets (better)	250 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	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
Paper types
Paper types	Plain, inkjet, glossy and recycled paper; tray 1 64–220 gsm; tray 2 plain and recycled only	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
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets face up	120 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; front USB host port; Ethernet; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS; NFC	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
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	8.8cm (3.5″) colour touchscreen with up to 18 shortcuts
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	12.4 kg
Power use
Power use	21 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 1.2 W sleep, 0.2 W off	485 W printing, 220 W in quiet mode, 495 W copying, 3.3 W ready, 3.3 W sleep, 0.7 W deep sleep, 0.08 W off; TEC 0.34 kWh a week
Noise
Noise	57 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	49 dB(A) printing, 44 dB(A) in quiet mode, 30 dB(A) ready (sound pressure)
Size
Size	435 × 372 × 250 mm (W × D × H)	410 × 421 × 319 mm (W × D × H)
In the box
In the box	Printer, ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, product safety guide, user guide, warranty card	Printer, 1,500-page toner, drum, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card