MFC-J4550DW

Released July 2025

The MFC-J4550DW is Brother's A4 colour inkjet all-in-one for home and small offices, printing, scanning, copying and faxing, with two paper trays holding 400 sheets and pigment inks.

Model history · 2 models, 2021–2025

2021MFC-J4540DW Compare
2025MFC-J4550DW

Type: Inkjet
Colour: Yes
Does: Print, Scan, Copy, Fax
Pages a minute: 20
Both sides: Yes

All-in-one

Specifications

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Printing

Type: Inkjet
Colour: Yes
Speed, black: 20 pages a minute
Speed, colour: 19 pages a minute
Resolution: 1200 × 4800 dpi
Prints both sides: Yes
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
First page out: 5.8 seconds black, 5.9 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)
Ink or toner: LC527 cartridges (1,300 pages black, 900 pages each colour) or LC527XL (3,000 black, 2,000 colour)
Page yield: Starter cartridges in the box for about 350 black and 350 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 24711
Duty cycle: Up to 2,000 pages a month recommended

Scanning and copying

Does: Print, Scan, Copy and Fax
Document feeder: Yes
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
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
Fax: 14,400 bps G3; PC-Fax send and receive; 180-page memory; broadcast to up to 50 locations

Paper

Largest paper: A4
Paper tray: 400 sheets
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
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
Output tray: 100 sheets

Connections

Connects by: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
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
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
App: Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)
Control panel: 6.8cm (2.7″) colour touchscreen

Design

Weight: 10.4 kg
Power use: 22 W copying, 3.5 W ready, 0.9 W sleep, 0.1 W off
Noise: 54 dB(A) printing (sound pressure)
Size: 440 × 355 × 250 mm (W × D × H) on the UK spec page; the datasheet gives 435 mm wide
In the box: Printer, starter ink cartridges, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card

Pros and cons

Pros

400 sheets across two trays, plus a 20-sheet document feeder
2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, Ethernet and a USB port for scanning to a flash drive
Uses pigment inks

Cons

Starter cartridges in the box last only about 350 pages each
20 ipm black and 19 ipm colour (ISO), the same as the MFC-J4540DW
No NFC, which the MFC-J4540DW had

Closest rivals

Model	Type	Colour	Does	Pages a minute	Both sides	Released
HPEnvy Photo 7930	Inkjet	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy	15	Yes	Oct 2025
EpsonEcoTank ET-3950	Ink tank	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy	18	Yes	Sept 2025
EpsonEcoTank ET-4950	Ink tank	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy, Fax	18	Yes	Sept 2025

Previous model: MFC-J4540DW.

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