Brother DCP-1512E vs Brother HL-1223WE

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

13 differences
SpecificationBrother DCP-1512EBrother HL-1223WE
Power consumption (off)Differs0.8 W0.7 W
Print technologyDiffersLaserLED
Windows operating systems supportedDiffersWindows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Wi-FiDiffersNoYes
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)DiffersA4A4, A5
Non-ISO print media sizesDiffersLegalFolio, Legal
DepthDiffers340 mm238 mm
HeightDiffers255 mm189 mm
WeightDiffers7 kg4.6 kg
WidthDiffers385 mm340 mm
Built-in displayDiffersYesNo
Internal memoryDiffers16 MB32 MB
Mac operating systems supportedDiffersMac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 LionMac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
AC input frequencySame50 - 60 Hz50 - 60 Hz
AC input voltageSame220 - 240 V220 - 240 V
Maximum resolutionSame2400 x 600 DPI2400 x 600 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Same20 ppm20 ppm
Ethernet LANSameNoNo
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeSameA4A4
Paper tray media typesSamePlain paper, Recycled paperPlain paper, Recycled paper
Market positioningSameHome & officeHome & office
Paper input typeSamePaper trayPaper tray
Total input capacitySame150 sheets150 sheets
Total output capacitySame50 sheets50 sheets
Processor frequencySame200 MHz200 MHz
Sound pressure level (printing)Same51 dB51 dB
USB portSameYesYes
Linux operating systems supportedSameYesYes
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)not knownnot known700 kWh/week
Power consumption (average operating)not known380 Wnot known
Power consumption (printing)not knownnot known380 W
Power consumption (ready)not knownnot known40 W
Power consumption (standby)not known40 Wnot known
Duplex printingnot knownnot knownNo
Print resolution blacknot knownnot known2400 x 600 DPI
Printingnot knownMono printingnot known
Time to first page (black, normal)not knownnot known10 s
Warm-up time (from sleep mode)not knownnot known18 s
Built-in processornot knownnot knownYes
Maximum duty cyclenot known9000 pages per monthnot known
Number of print cartridgesnot knownnot known1
Page description languagesnot knownnot knownGDI
Printing coloursnot knownnot knownBlack
Mobile printing technologiesnot knownnot knownBrother iPrint & Scan
Supported network protocols (IPv4)not knownnot knownARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP),WINS/NetBIOSnameresolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, CustomRaw Port/Port9100, klient SMTP, IPP/IPPS, serwer FTP, SNMPv1/v2c/v3,serwer HTTP/HTTPS, TFTP, ICMP, Web Services
Supported network protocols (IPv6)not knownnot knownNDP, RA, DNS resolver,mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, CustomRaw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, klient SMTP,serwer FTP, SNMPv1/v2c/v3,serwer HTTP/ HTTPS, TFTP, ICMPv6, klient SNTP, Web Services
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot known802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)not knownnot knownB6
Paper tray media weightnot knownnot known65 - 105 g/m²
Operating relative humidity (H-H)not known20 - 80%not known
Operating temperature (T-T)not known10 - 32.5 °Cnot known
Storage relative humidity (H-H)not known10 - 90%not known
Storage temperature (T-T)not known0 - 40 °Cnot known
Copyingnot knownMono copyingnot known
Maximum copy resolutionnot known600 x 600 DPInot known
Maximum number of copiesnot known99 copiesnot known
Displaynot knownLCDnot known
Maximum scan resolutionnot known19200 x 19200 DPInot known
Optical scanning resolutionnot known600 x 1200 DPInot known
Scanningnot knownColour scanningnot known
Standard interfacesnot knownUSB 2.0not known
Processor familynot knownnot knownARM Cortex
Processor modelnot knownnot knownA9
Faxingnot knownNonot known
Security algorithmsnot knownnot known64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, SMTP-AUTH, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
Server operating systems supportednot knownnot knownWindows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
Card reader integratednot knownNonot known
Software CDnot knownnot knownYes
Sustainability certificatesnot knownENERGY STARnot known
Cables includednot knownnot knownAC
Cartridge(s) includednot knownnot knownYes
Drivers includednot knownnot knownYes
Quantity per packnot knownnot known1 pc(s)
Quick start guidenot knownnot knownYes
Package depthnot knownnot known303 mm
Package heightnot knownnot known324 mm
Package weightnot knownnot known5.5 kg
Package widthnot knownnot known415 mm
Warranty cardnot knownnot knownYes