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Brother HL-4070CDW
$500.00
Released May, 2007
The Pros:Toner is relatively cheap (per page). Small for a color laser. Can easily use a garden-variety laptop SODIMM to expand the memory.
The 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).
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.
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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.
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
User Reviews (1)
Pros & Cons
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Toner is relatively cheap (per page)
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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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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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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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