--- title: "New Brother Laser Printer HL-4070CDW" description: "Brother Canada has a new line of colour laser printers and I am a lucky guinea pig who is testing the Brother HL-4070CDW colour laser printer. #1 Tip: Word of Mouth marketing works if you have a..." url: https://somisguided.com/2007/12/01/new-brother-laser-printer-hl-4070cdw/ date: 2007-12-01 modified: 2007-12-01 author: "Monique" categories: ["News: Arts & Entertainment"] type: post lang: en --- # New Brother Laser Printer HL-4070CDW Brother Canada has a new line of colour laser printers and I am a lucky guinea pig who is testing the **Brother HL-4070CDW colour laser printer**. [!(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2077962147_376868f648.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/2077962147/) #1 Tip: Word of Mouth marketing works if you have a product name that is easy to remember and easy to share. HL-4070CDW. Oh well, I can’t change the name. I can tell you about the experience. (http://www.brother.ca/en/printer/description.asp?Prodid=1355735923568656774&features=on) **True. The HL-4070CDW is a good business printer. ** [!(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2077968231_25fa9137b0_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/2077968231/)It’s perfect at what it does: * Prints documents quickly * Prints in colour beautifully * Prints double sided [!(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2078755690_0294f6b3d8_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/2078755690/) This is definitely a business printer. If you have a home office and do a lot of printing, this is the printer for you. It’s quite a bit larger than a standard personal printer, but it’s much smaller than a standard business printer. (Here it is next to my HP psc 1200 series inkjet printer.) **Is it the HL-4070CDW a good printer for me?** * This is a big printer. It’s heavy and takes up a fair share of desk space (like half the desk, it needs its own table) * You need to install the driver, this is not plug and play, it’s plug, read the instructions, try once, read the instructions more carefully, try again. **What’s the promise of the Brother HL-4070CDW colour laser printer?** This is what the (http://www.brother.ca/en/printer/description.asp?Prodid=1355735923568656774&features=on) says (I’ll bold the key features): Quote: The fast, compact and **Wi-Fi** certified HL-4070CDW is designed for outstanding business performance. It produces brilliant business colour documents at up to **21 pages per minute**. With up to **2400×600 dpi print quality**, you can produce bold, eye-catching reports, brochures, and presentations right from your desktop. The HL-4070CDW naturally makes your work more effective. Its **automatic two-sided printing saves paper and reduces costs**. A **USB direct interface** allows **direct PictBridge and USB flash memory drive printing**. A unique front-loading consumable system makes replacing consumables a breeze. Powerful, user-friendly software and connectivity including USB, parallel, Ethernet (cables not included) and an 802.11 b/g wireless connection provide a seamless printing experience for your business. **$629.99** For $629.99, this is a great printer. * It’s fast. * It does colour. * It prints nicely. * It’s quiet. So one more time, is it a good printer for me? I have a home office and I run my own company out of shared office space. I need to do high-quality printing on occasion. I print agendas for clients, I print project reports for people I need to impress, I print presentation handouts, I like printing photos. I work in a wireless environment. I work on a Mac. I hate reading instructions, I want things to be intuitive. [!(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/2077966995_1838c8e46a_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/2077966995/)**These were my pitfalls:** * I couldn’t get the wireless working and that was a big selling feature for me. * The printer is cumbersome. * Unpacking this printer took much longer than I hoped. Lots of packaging, lots of tabs to pull and set-up steps that seemed stupid. I had to pull out all these little tabs and pieces of paper–why were they there in the first place? * The setup was no “Mac” experience–the packaging is not sexy, the set up required carefully reading of the manual. On a positive note, there were instructions for Mac and for PC. THANK YOU! * The USB connection works great, but I would have been pissed if I didn’t have the appropriate cables already. This is a batteries-not-included experience. * It only prints. * It’s not clear how many prints you get on the toner cartridges. Toner cartridges cost $74.99 to $159.99. Again, this is a business printer. In retrospect, I need a printer, fax, scanner, and copier so this printer might not be the perfect choice for me. Thankfully Brother also offers (http://www.brother.ca/en/all-in-one/description.asp?Prodid=3239165658661700291&features=on), multi-function printer, scanner, copiers. Overall, good experience. Thank you Brother Canada.