Brother MFC-J4550DW vs HP OfficeJet Pro 9132e

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MFC-J4550DW compared with OfficeJet Pro 9132e

	BrotherMFC-J4550DW	HPOfficeJet Pro 9132e
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	October 2023
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	20 pages a minute (better)
Resolution
Resolution	1200 × 4800 dpi	4800 × 1200 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	Automatic two-sided printing; draft speeds up to 39 ppm black and colour; borderless on photo paper up to A4; print language HP PCL3 GUI; 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB memory
First page out
First page out	5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)	As fast as 10 sec black, 11 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Resolution detail	–	1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour on HP Advanced Photo Paper (1200 x 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)	Four cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, yellow), HP 937 or HP 937e EvoMore; 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 937: ~1,250 pages black, ~800 pages each colour (ISO/IEC 19752); HP 937e EvoMore: ~2,500 pages black, ~1,650 pages each colour
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended	Up to 30,000 pages a month (A4); up to 2,000 pages 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	Flatbed (up to 215.9 x 297 mm) and 35-sheet single-pass two-sided feeder; up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 18 ipm black and colour, 21 ipm black and 15 ipm colour two-sided (A4, 200 ppi); scan to email, network folder, SharePoint and USB drive; OCR
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 23 cpm black, 15 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; 25 to 400%
Fax
Fax	14,400 bps G3; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; broadcast to up to 50 locations	Colour fax, 33.6 kbps; up to 100 pages of fax memory
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	400 sheets	500 sheets (better)
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, A5, A6, B5 (JIS), 13 x 18 cm, 10 x 15 cm, envelopes (C5, C6, DL); custom 76.2 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm (tray 1); two 250-sheet trays (tray 2 plain paper 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	Plain, photo, matte and glossy brochure papers, cards, envelopes, labels; plain paper 60 to 105 g/m², photo paper 220 to 280 g/m²
Output tray
Output tray	100 sheets	100 sheets
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi Direct
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 (device); Hi-Speed USB 2.0 host; Ethernet; dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) with self-healing; Wi-Fi Direct; 2 RJ-11 fax ports
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, Wi-Fi Direct, Chrome OS
App
App	Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)	HP app
Control panel
Control panel	6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen	4.3-inch colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	10.4 kg	11.84 kg
Power use
Power use	22 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 0.9 W sleep, 0.1 W off	5.58 W ready, 1.22 W sleep, 0.14 W off
Noise
Noise	54 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)	7.0 B(A) sound power, 61 dB(A) sound pressure (printing at 21 ppm)
Size
Size	440 × 355 × 250 mm (W × D × H) on the UK spec page; the datasheet gives 435 mm wide	437 x 396.3 x 318.3 mm (W x D x H); 437 x 547 x 318.3 mm with output tray extended
In the box
In the box	Printer, starter ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card	Printer, HP 937 setup cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, yellow), setup poster, reference guide, power cord