Brother MFC-J4550DW vs HP DeskJet 4310

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MFC-J4550DW compared with DeskJet 4310

	BrotherMFC-J4550DW	HPDeskJet 4310
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	September 2025
Printing
Type
Type	Inkjet	Inkjet
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	20 pages a minute (better)	8.5 pages a minute
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	19 pages a minute (better)	5.5 pages a minute
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	4800 × 1200 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	No
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	Manual two-sided printing (driver support); no borderless printing; draft speeds up to 20 ppm black, 16 ppm colour; print languages HP PCL 3 GUI, PCLm, URF; 1.0 GHz processor, 64 MB memory
First page out
First page out	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)	As fast as 15 sec black, 20 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Resolution detail	–	Up to 1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour on selected HP photo papers (1200 input dpi)
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	LC527 cartridges (1,300 pages black, 900 pages each colour) or LC527XL (3,000 black, 2,000 colour)	Two cartridges (black and tri-colour), HP 308 or HP 308e EvoMore black; HP Instant Ink subscription available
Page yield
Page yield	Starter cartridges in the box for about 350 black and 350 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711	HP 308 black: ~160 pages; HP 308 tri-colour: ~120 pages; HP 308e EvoMore black: ~320 pages
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 1,000 pages a month (A4); 100 to 300 pages recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax	Print, Scan and Copy
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	Flatbed (up to 216 x 297 mm) and 35-sheet automatic document feeder (up to 215.9 x 355.6 mm), one-sided; up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 2.5 ipm black and colour (A4, 200 ppi); JPEG, PDF, TIFF, PNG
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 6 cpm black, 3 cpm colour (ISO, A4)
Fax
Fax	14,400 bps G3; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; broadcast to up to 50 locations	Mobile fax from the HP app (send only); no fax modem
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	400 sheets (better)	60 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	A4, B5, A6, DL envelope; custom 76 x 127 to 215 x 355 mm
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	Plain, photo and brochure papers, envelopes, cards, labels; plain paper 60 to 90 g/m², 10 x 15 cm photo paper up to 300 g/m²
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets	25 sheets
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi 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; dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4 and 5 GHz)
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	HP app, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP Print Service Plugin (Android)
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	HP app
Control panel
Control panel	6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen	Icon LCD with 7 buttons and 5 status lights
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	4.81 kg
Power use
Power use	22 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 0.9 W sleep, 0.1 W off	2.61 W ready, 1.35 W sleep, 0.10 W off
Noise
Noise	54 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	6.4 B(A) sound power, 57 dB(A) sound pressure
Size
Size	440 × 355 × 250 mm (W × D × H) on the UK spec page; the datasheet gives 435 mm wide	428 x 332 x 200 mm (W x D x H); up to 428 x 579 x 261 mm with the output extension out
In the box
In the box	Printer, starter ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card	Printer, HP 308 setup black and tri-colour cartridges, setup guide, reference guide, power cord