Brother HL-4070CDW

The Brother HL-4070CDW is a color laser printer designed for producing high-impact color presentations, reports, brochures, and business documents. An upgrade from the Brother HL-4040CN, the Brother HL-4070CDW adds along a wireless network interface for connecting to a wired workgroup, built-in duplexing for two-sided printing, and BR-Script3 for PostScript compatibility. Like its predecessor, the HL-4070CDW features 21ppm print speeds for both color & monochrome prints, a max printing resolution up to a whopping 2400x6400, and high capacity replacement toner cartridges that reduce operating costs. The HL-4070CDW printer also boasts a USB Direct Interface for printing PDFs and JPEG files directly from a USB flash memory drive, a standard Ethernet port for network connectivity in a small office, and a 250-sheet capacity paper tray. The Brother HL-4070CDW retails for $499.99 and comes with a 1 year limited warranty. 

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Brother HL-4070CDW
MSRP $499.99
Release date May, 2007
Brand Brother
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Toner is relatively cheap (per page)
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Small for a color laser
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Can easily use a garden-variety laptop SODIMM to expand the memory
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Probably the fastest color laser of this size
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PostScript and PCL6 emulations work well
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Has perhaps the most perfect and bulletproof paper feed mechanism to ever grace a printer
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Has automatic duplexing
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Output is sharp for black-and-white printing (but I mean pure black and pure white, with no shades of gray)
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Wide variety of interfaces (wireless, Ethernet, USB, even parallel port).
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Easy to monitor printer status through its built-in Web interface
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Very easy to set up printer (especially in Mac Leopard, Linux, Windows 7).
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Direct printing from USB stick is unbelievably slow
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Letters of colored (or gray) text are surrounded by tiny dots, making them look very fuzzy
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Can print vaguely almost-plausible colors, or grays that are not brownish-magenta, but cannot print both on the same page (or in the same print job for that matter).
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Emits very smelly exhaust when printing
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On some occasions (especially when page is covered with lots of gray near the margins), splatters unwanted yellow or magenta streaks on printout
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Very heavy
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When printing black text in color mode, sometimes adds red fringes around black characters (especially, but not exclusively, when using PostScript emulation)
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Printed pages tend to curl a bit at the top and bottom edges
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Status LCD is hard to read if the printer is on a high table or surface (the tilt range is not sufficient to fully adjust it for this scenario).
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Fine lines in monochrome printouts somehow look artificially faint/thin
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Features

  • Color Laser Technology
  • High Capacity Replacement Toner Cartridges
  • Wireless Network Interface
  • USB Direct Interface
  • Standard Ethernet
  • Flexible Paper Handling
  • Built-In Duplexing
  • 250-Sheet Capacity Paper Tray
  • 50-Sheet Capacity Multipurpose Tray
  • Optional 500-Sheet Capacity Paper Tray
  • BR-Script3
  • 1 Year Limited Warranty

Specifications

  • Technology: Color Laser
  • Max Black Print Speed: 21ppm
  • Max Color Print Speed: 21ppm
  • Print Resolution: Up to 2400x600 dpi
  • Standard Paper Capacity: 250
  • Interface: Wireless 802.11b/g, 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0, Parallel
  • Compatibility: Windows, Mac OS, Linux

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Brother HL-4070CDW

• Brother HL-4070CDW Color Laser Printer with Built-In Duplex Printing and Wireless Interface

• HL-4070CDW Laser Printer

UPC: 012502617808

EAN: 012502617808

MPN: HL-4070cdw

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Toner is relatively cheap (per page)
  • Small for a color laser
  • Can easily use a garden-variety laptop SODIMM to expand the memory
  • Probably the fastest color laser of this size
  • PostScript and PCL6 emulations work well
  • Has perhaps the most perfect and bulletproof paper feed mechanism to ever grace a printer
  • Has automatic duplexing
  • Output is sharp for black-and-white printing (but I mean pure black and pure white, with no shades of gray)
  • Wide variety of interfaces (wireless, Ethernet, USB, even parallel port).
  • Easy to monitor printer status through its built-in Web interface
  • Very easy to set up printer (especially in Mac Leopard, Linux, Windows 7).

Cons

  • Direct printing from USB stick is unbelievably slow
  • Letters of colored (or gray) text are surrounded by tiny dots, making them look very fuzzy
  • Can print vaguely almost-plausible colors, or grays that are not brownish-magenta, but cannot print both on the same page (or in the same print job for that matter).
  • Emits very smelly exhaust when printing
  • On some occasions (especially when page is covered with lots of gray near the margins), splatters unwanted yellow or magenta streaks on printout
  • Very heavy
  • When printing black text in color mode, sometimes adds red fringes around black characters (especially, but not exclusively, when using PostScript emulation)
  • Printed pages tend to curl a bit at the top and bottom edges
  • Status LCD is hard to read if the printer is on a high table or surface (the tilt range is not sufficient to fully adjust it for this scenario).
  • Fine lines in monochrome printouts somehow look artificially faint/thin

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