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 enlarge | Brand: Brother
Category: CE
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $368.59
You Save: $131.40 (26%)
New (42) from $368.59
Rating:  63 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
System Memory: 64
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 64.2
Dimensions (in): 18.6 x 16.5 x 12.5
nv:Print Method: Color Laser
First Page Output Time: Less than 17 Seconds (Color)
First Page Output Time: Less than 16 Seconds (Black)
Resolution: Up to 2400 x 600 DPI
Maximum Duty Cycle: 35,000 Pages Per Month
Print Speed: Up to 21 PPM (Black)
Print Speed: Up to 21 PPM (Color)
Special Features: LCD display
Special Features: Duplex Printing
Special Features: Network-Ready (Standard)
Dimensions: 16.5"W x 18.7"D x 12.5"H
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Connectivity: PictBridge
MPN: HL-4070cdw
Model: HL-4070cdw
UPC: 012502617808
EAN: 0012502617808
ASIN: B000TDXDTI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Print Quality Versus Supply Cost June 24, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been using the Brother HL-4070 for a few months. It is very easy to operate and does duplex well even though it is slow when in the duplex mode. I have been satisfied with the print quality and the speed at which it prints. This is the best printer I have owned for my home office use with one exception. I'll explain that in as much detail as I can.
I rated it two stars because there must be some kind of flaw in the toner cartridges. They are very expensive and to replace the toner cartridges will cost you as much as the printer cost. I wouldn't be upset about that if I got the yield from the cartridges that I am suppose to get. The only thing I can figure out is the toner counts the pages that print no matter how much toner is used. I say this because all the color cartridges run out at the same time. It is not possible that I use the exact same amount of color for each copy I produce since I am printing different items with different color requirements. My color cartridge cost is now around $1,000 since January. This is twice what I spent the entire year previously with the HP printer I replace with this printer.
Overall I am dissatisfied with the performance of the printer since it cost me so much to operate. I am currently contemplating replacing this printer with another HP Color Laser since the operational cost of supply usage will be less.
Good luck to all of you who had glowing things to say about the printer. I too, like the printer but the cost of operation is unmanageable. Therefore, I cannot recommend the printer.
 Real surprised. June 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After a couple of years of sitting on the fence about an inexpensive color laser, never quite able to pull the trigger because of print quality issues, speed, and general cost of printing (vs. cheap aftermarket ink for my excellent Canon inkjets, which made them quite affordable to use), I saw all the other reviews here, did some other on-line research, and jumped in.
I heard some say it was difficult to set up. I got an IP address set in it with barely looking at the instructions, got the software loaded, set the defaults to the high resolution mode, and got the surprise of my life. Beautiful color pictures spewed out at very high speeds. Printing on plain paper, some of the same hi-res photo images I've printed on photo stock looked quite good. Obviously on plain paper they lost something, and if you looked closely the resolution wasn't quite there compared to my Canons, but this far surpassed anything I expected to see out of a cheap color laser.
Next up were some manufacturers brochures that were tough to print on the inkjet because they were almost full coverage dark ink, which caused curling and other problems on the inkjet with so much ink laid down. It blew through those as well, duplexed, and looked dynamite. Sure the duplexer slows the printer down just like every other duplex laser, but it beats the hell out of reversing it by hand, possibly getting front and backs out of synch, etc. Even with duplexing overall speed was many times faster than the inkjets.
The curling problem others reported was barely noticeable, but then I print everything on 24lb stock, which surely helps.
I've been in networking about twenty years and over that time have known Brother products to be kind of cheap and junky. I heard this was quite a departure for them and have to add my vote praise this printer to the heavens. To get duplexing and wireless in such an inexpensive printer is surprising enough, but that it actually prints high quality and high speed too is just incredible. They definitely raised the bar a few notches. Let's see how it holds up and how the consumables work out.
Great printer June 6, 2008
I got a great deal a few weeks ago when this printer was on sale at Amazon and had free shipping. I did a lot of research, and this printer was at the top of my list to replace my "old" Epson inkjet. I was tired of endless nozzle clog problems and the cost per page of ink.
The Brother HL-4070CDW has been excellent so far. I'm impressed. It's very fast, coming out of sleep mode and printing a page in about 37 seconds. Subsequent pages seem almost instant. I had no problem setting up the wireless security using the LCD, although it's a little tedious. I love the wireless operation and duplex printing.
Print quality is very good on graphics and good on photos. Photos are not quite as good as inkjet on glossy paper, but quite acceptable for home use. I'd say they are about like very high-quality magazine photos. It helps to make sure you pick Fine resolution and Vivid color on the Advanced tab of printing preferences. There is also a color calibration option, which I haven't tried.
 Things I liked/Things I hated. June 6, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
We purchased a color laser printer last month to do limited mailings and brochures. After shopping around and reading reviews, I selected the Brother HL-4070CDW mainly because it was color, duplex ready, and cheap. I'm sorry to say that it hasn't lived up to my expectations.
Things I liked.
#1 Price $500 for a color laser with duplex and networking built in.
Things I hated.
#1 Consumables. Yes, the non-chipped cartridges have severe limitations over more expensive cartridges that have a microchip built in. When you print about 1700 pages with "highlight" color(less than 1% coverage on a page) the cartridges will register empty based on page count, not toner level.
You may ask how do I know? I took my full set of empties to the local "Cartridge World" and had them weighed, and cracked open. The findings: From 3 sets of empties, I was able to combine the left over toner to overfill one set with sufficient toner remaining to maybe get half a charge again when those run out.
These cartridges have an obvious mechanical limit to the page count, and will read empty while toner still is present. Just as a test, the guys from cartridge world did a mechanical reset on an empty cartridge to see if the printer was capable of detecting toner empty. Yes, once the empty (of toner), but mechanical sensor indicating full cartridge was installed it calibrated and was sensed as empty.
Footnote: If you get a refilled cartridge it may have started life as a starter cartridge. We didn't test this scenario, but if it is a mechanical indicator your refilled starter cartridge may never get beyond 1200 pages before tripping the mechanical sensor.
#2 Brother Support. 30 Minutes on the phone, and the person on the other end could not understand what I was talking about.
Overall, Now that I have a cheaper avenue to cartridges. I'm going to keep the printer until the service contract expires and then trade it in on something different/better.
Kevin Hrim is President of 916 Resources. He is an Oracle 10g Database Certified Master, Oracle Certified RAC Expert, and Oracle Certified Instructor.[...]
Excellent Printer So Far May 29, 2008
I've had this printer for a few weeks so I cannot comment on ink usage or long-term relability but I can say that it has been excellent. The wireless setup was easy and the print quality is great. I recommend getting a premium laser paper as the text and grapics will look brighter and sharper. This will not print pictures as good as a photo printer but I don't really care about that. If you want excellent text and graphics at a great price, go for this printer.
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