Brother MFC-J4540DW vs Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4820DWF

Every spec side by side, from each maker's published figures.

Only show differences

Better figure, where one is clearly better

Share comparison

MFC-J4540DW compared with WorkForce Pro WF-4820DWF

	BrotherMFC-J4540DW	EpsonWorkForce Pro WF-4820DWF
Overview
Released
Released	August 2021	September 2020
Printing
Type
Type	Inkjet	Inkjet
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	20 pages a minute	25 pages a minute (better)
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	19 pages a minute (better)	12 pages a minute
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	4800 × 2400 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	PrecisionCore print head, 800 black nozzles and 256 per colour; 3.8 pl minimum droplet; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 plain paper at 16 pages a minute black and 9 colour (ISO/IEC 24734); up to 36 pages a minute black and 22 colour in draft on 75 g/m² paper
First page out
First page out	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)	DURABrite Ultra pigment inks in four separate cartridges; Epson 405 and 405XL (Suitcase)
Page yield
Page yield	Cartridges in the box for about 3,000 black and 1,500 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711	405XL cartridges print 1,100 pages each colour; standard 405 cartridges 350 pages black and 300 per colour
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 33,000 pages a month
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	Contact image sensor (CIS) with flatbed and 35-page document feeder; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical from the glass, 1,200 dpi from the feeder; saves BMP, JPEG, TIFF, multi-TIFF, PDF and PNG
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	–
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	Black-and-white and colour fax at up to 33.6 kbps (about 3 seconds a page), Group 3 with error correction; 100 speed dials; 180-page memory; broadcast, fax preview, memory reception
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	A4, A5, A6, B5, Letter, Legal, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, 16:9, envelopes (No. 10, DL, C6) and user-defined sizes
Paper types
Paper types	Plain, inkjet, glossy and recycled paper; tray 1 64–220 gsm; tray 2 plain and recycled only	64–90 g/m²
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets face up	80 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; Ethernet (10/100); Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n); Wi-Fi Direct; USB host port
Printing from phones
Printing from phones	Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (iPrint, Email Print, Remote Print Driver)
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	Epson iPrint
Control panel
Control panel	6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen	10.9 cm colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	10.2 kg
Power use
Power use	21 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 1.2 W sleep, 0.2 W off	–
Noise
Noise	57 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	–
Size
Size	435 × 372 × 250 mm (W × D × H)	425 × 389 × 265 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, individual ink cartridges, power cable, quick start guide, warranty document