Product Reviews
Brother HL-3070CW
Digital Color Printer with Wireless Networking
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40 of 56(71%)people would recommend this product.
Customer Reviews for HL-3070CW
Review 1 for HL-3070CW
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Shipping Issues?
Date:May 8, 2013
By MattS
from california City, CA
Mine arrived without a power cord. I live in a remote location, so it was very disappointing to say the least. Luckily it is a standard three prong power cord, and i was able to slavage one from an old monitor. Getting past that, everything works fine and I'm happy with the printed page, but it makes a horrible clunk,clunk,clunk sound when powering up and printing all pages. Don't know if it's defective or damaged, but it works. I thought the cord might be jammed in there somewhere i hadn't checked, but no, just clunky!
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 2 for HL-3070CW
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Great Product
Date:April 29, 2013
By Locutus
from Welch, MN
Great Product, I am really happy with my choice. I would recommend this printer
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 3 for HL-3070CW
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Very nice printer
Date:April 19, 2013
By ajenne
Happy with my purchase. NOT happy that the starter cartridges that told me carts needed replacing and they were still 1/2 full. Very misleading
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Review 4 for HL-3070CW
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3070cw
Date:March 29, 2013
By 42gpw
Not happy that the printer tells me low on the K cartridge but refuses to print docs sent to machine. Does not say replace K toner cartridge. It will only print the printer settings which shows K to be 20%+
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Review 5 for HL-3070CW
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Very Pleased
Date:January 17, 2013
By Simcha
from Florida
Happy with the printer, except the cost of the toners.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Small Business (Up to 25 Employees)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 6 for HL-3070CW
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HL-3070CW review
Date:January 3, 2013
By AmyT
from Alexandria, VA
printer itself is great, easy to load paper and color cartridges, but the color cartridges are very expensive
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 7 for HL-3070CW
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Loving it - to a point!
Date:December 26, 2012
By Mamaw2001
from Mabank, TX
I love this new color printer but I have been unable to get it to work wirelessly
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 8 for HL-3070CW
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It's about the ink
Date:December 25, 2012
By Starburst
from Silver Spring, MD
Nice machine. Prints well but uses ink like there is no tomorrow. And the ink is way too costly for the size of the cartridge.
I don't even bother to use this printer anymore.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 9 for HL-3070CW
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It's Great!
Date:December 24, 2012
By EllaJazz
from Philadelphia, PA
I really like the Brother HL-3070CW Color Laser printer. It prints great copies and it's very fast. My only complaint is that I have to run a utility through the menus that's a bit hard to find in order to find out how much toner is left. I wish the toner balance was a part of the desktop utility. Other than that, it's a great printer.
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 10 for HL-3070CW
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Good and Bad
Date:December 24, 2012
By Pokemon
from sTOCKTON ca
This color laser printer works tremendously when it works. It prints fast! The colors are almost as good as an Inkjet printer and the Ink cost/page is miniscule. What can be wrong? I am an A+ technician and I can not get the wireless printer setting to work. It must be that to use this function, the computer must be offline. This reality makes it impossible to work online and print simultaneously. Additionally, I find the printer drivers corrupt often and I have to delete the printer, readd the software and begin again. THE PRICE I PAY TO PRINT FAST WITH CHEAP INK!
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 11 for HL-3070CW
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Great printer
Date:December 24, 2012
By nosixcp
from Cambridge MA
I like this printer very much. It was easy to set up, does just what it should and the printing quality is high. My only negative feedback is that it is fairly slow to print after being called on. (I'm running it ion a home-based ethernet.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 12 for HL-3070CW
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Very good printer
Date:December 24, 2012
By collegeinstructor
from SW Wisconsin
My wife teaches a college writing course and so needs to print a large quantity of student writing assignments. This printer handles that task with ease and the economy settings save toner.
The only slight negative I have encountered is that this printer is not very good in the paper by-pass mode.
The only slight negative I have encountered is that this printer is not very good in the paper by-pass mode.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 13 for HL-3070CW
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HL-3070
Date:December 24, 2012
By Acct
from Manville NJ.
Very nice low cost color laser printer. If it duplex-ed
it would be perfect. Very easy setup. Windows 7 installed by itself.
it would be perfect. Very easy setup. Windows 7 installed by itself.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 14 for HL-3070CW
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Does not print
Date:December 24, 2012
By PAAA
from Denver, CO
Wired, wireless, USB, I have tried them all. Will not work. I have three Windows 7 pc's and still cannot print.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 15 for HL-3070CW
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Excellent Choice
Date:December 24, 2012
By Jonattorneyatlaw
from Sacramento, CA
The Brother HL3070CW is one of the most incredible pieces of technology I have ever purchased or even had in my home. The wireless is simple and allows me to print from the living room, bedroom, or anywhere else. The print quality is superb. This printer makes everything I do look great and it's incredibly easy to use.
If you are replacing the tonor, make sure not to purchase drums--this is just the piece that holds the tonor cartridge. I made this mistake, but it's nothing bad on the printer!
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 16 for HL-3070CW
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Good Printer
Date:December 24, 2012
By BW54
from Mechanisburg, PA
Setting the printer up on the network was easy to do. Prints black and white and color quickly. Only issue I had was using the singe sheet feed after it indicated a jam. Otherwise a good versatile laser printer when you want to step up from an ink jet printer.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 5
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Review 17 for HL-3070CW
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Died a Premature Death
Date:September 30, 2012
By BrotherBeast
from Hudson, NH
Loved this printer while it lived, but it died way too soon as far as I am concerned. Drive motor failed without warning. Tech support gave only a vague answer as to what the error message meant. I contacted my local authorized service provider and was told the cost of the repair, which turned out to be more than buying a new HL-3075CW. So now I have the new printer, it's working fine, and the old one is now sitting in the box the new one came in. Why did I buy the new one? Because I really like the printer, setup, wireless, efficiency, Mac/PC compatibility, etc. If you are still using your 3070CW, count your blessings and cherish every day you have with it. It may be over in an instant. That's how I feel about my new one, too.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 18 for HL-3070CW
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Nice Printer!!!
Date:June 14, 2012
By DocD
from Las Vegas, NV.
I bought one of these on clearance and have not been dissapointed. Speed is wonderfull. Output is great! Not too saturated and not too pixelated. Gradient is fine. Overall I would say that this is a good home/office color machine. A couple of things to note are the toner mis-reading (the machine tells you that you are out when you are not) and the strange clicking when active after printing. Kind of annoying. Search Google for a number of ways to resolve the toner issue. As far as the clicking is concerned, it is annoying but not a deal breaker so you are just going to have to live with it. It goes away when the printer goes to sleep anyways.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 19 for HL-3070CW
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GREAT Printer!!!
Date:January 24, 2012
By Portuguee
from Riverside, CA
Great printer...wireless networking works great! I have 1 Windows PC, two Linux laptops and two Macs...ALL printing wirelessly! Speed is crazy fast with superb color.
It is a wee bit louder than an inkjet but only when printing. Once a print job is done...it goes back to being quiet.
Note: Wireless printing does not mean direct pc to printer printing, you must have a network setup for the printer to connect to.
Also, OSX Lion will downlaod and install the drivers automatically, no cd required, true plug and play!
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 20 for HL-3070CW
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Great printer. Mixed customer service.
Date:January 17, 2012
By BrooklynMike
from New York
On consumer waste: Twice now, my printer has stopped, and told me it couldn't bare to print another page until I installed new toner. On both occasions I manually tricked the printer into thinking I installed new cartridges, and thousands of pages later my pages are just as vibrant.
So why would I spend the money on new toner cartridges, and dump the new ones into the waste stream?
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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