Brother MFC-J4550DW vs Brother MFC-L3760CDW

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MFC-J4550DW compared with MFC-L3760CDW

	BrotherMFC-J4550DW	BrotherMFC-L3760CDW
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	September 2023
Printing
Type
Type	Inkjet	Laser
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	20 pages a minute	26 pages a minute (better)
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	19 pages a minute	26 pages a minute (better)
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	600 × 2400 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	Yes
Printing detail
Printing detail	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	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, print from USB flash drive and quiet mode
First page out
First page out	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)	Up to 13.5 seconds, black or colour
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	LC527 cartridges (1,300 pages black, 900 pages each colour) or LC527XL (3,000 black, 2,000 colour)	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)
Page yield
Page yield	Starter cartridges in the box for about 350 black and 350 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711	Toner in the box for 1,000 black and 1,000 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19798
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 3,000 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); 1200 × 2400 dpi from the glass, 1200 × 600 dpi from the feeder; scan to USB, email, network, FTP, SFTP, file and image	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 USB, 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 (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	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
Fax
Fax	14,400 bps G3; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; broadcast to up to 50 locations	33.6 kbps Super G3; PC-Fax send and receive; Internet fax; 500-page memory; 300 speed dials and LDAP address book
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 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	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
Paper types
Paper types	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	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
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets	150 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; Fast Ethernet (10/100); Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; front USB host port; Gigabit Ethernet; 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 (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and SharePoint Online	Apple AirPrint (print and scan), Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and OneNote
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 colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	20.2 kg
Power use
Power use	22 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 0.9 W sleep, 0.1 W off	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
Noise
Noise	54 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	47 dB(A) printing, 43 dB(A) in quiet mode, inaudible when ready (sound pressure)
Size
Size	440 × 355 × 250 mm (W × D × H) on the UK spec page; the datasheet gives 435 mm wide	410 × 444 × 401 mm (W × D × H)
In the box
In the box	Printer, starter ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card	Printer, four toners, drum unit, belt unit, waste toner box, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card