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Brother HL-3070CW
Digital Color Printer with Wireless Networking
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28 of 38(74%)people would recommend this product.
Customer Reviews for HL-3070CW
Review 1 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 2 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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Review 3 for HL-3070CW
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HORRIBLE!
Date:December 4, 2011
By DWS1
I just bought this printer and am thoroughly DISGUSTED with it. In really TEENY print it says that a router is NOT included. It is all but impossible to get it connected wirelessly, so, I guess I will have to use a USB conx... again, NOT included... this is one BIG PAIN! of a printer.
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Review 4 for HL-3070CW
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not what I expected from a Brother product
Date:November 21, 2011
By Ahab
from Arizona
This machine drives me nuts. You have to continually fidle with it to get it to print.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 5 for HL-3070CW
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Works the way I feel it should
Date:October 16, 2011
By dolphlyn
from Philadelphia Pa
After owning several other brands This one works the way I feel a wireless should My last one by samsung would constantly loose my settings. recently moved this to a new room and it worked right off the bat Running windows 7 and have a cisco plus router So I am very pleased.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 6 for HL-3070CW
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Great Printer
Date:October 16, 2011
By Phil13
from McDonough, GA
Bought this to replace ink jets that were constantly drying up and clogging. With this the whole household can print to one printer and its a laser so worry about the ink drying up. Seamless easy setup all my computers found printer and that was it.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 7 for HL-3070CW
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Well Worth the Money
Date:October 15, 2011
By CDAVapor
from Spokane, WA
We needed a laser printer to print on labels that needed to resist water and smearing.
This printer does great, it does have some small flaws, such as the manual feed, but for normal feeding and collating(manual) it is great.
The software gives clear and concise instructions so you don't end up having Office Space fantasies.
This printer does great, it does have some small flaws, such as the manual feed, but for normal feeding and collating(manual) it is great.
The software gives clear and concise instructions so you don't end up having Office Space fantasies.
My biggest complaint is the manual feed. It will usually take one page, but only one at a time, so you can't do three thick paper prints like this.
You have to put them in the tray and let them get curved or feed them through the manual, wait, try a second time, clear the mystery jam, wait, load one more paper, repeat. All said, the manual feed takes about 90-120 seconds per page once you get a system down.
At 1yr:
I've never had it jam, it produces great prints. Good job, Brother.
I've never had it jam, it produces great prints. Good job, Brother.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 8 for HL-3070CW
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Great color laser!
Date:October 8, 2011
By garfy2008
from Hawaii
This is only my second color laser, but it's the best! The speed and quality of the color prints are superb and second to none in this price range! The color printouts are almost as fast as the B&W printouts (a FAR CRY better than my old Magicolor 2300 which was SLOOOOOW). Setup was no problem and all my computers recognize it seconds after turning it on.
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 9 for HL-3070CW
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HL-3070C
Date:October 7, 2011
By John3070CW
from Northern California
Purchased this product ~ 4 weeks ago. Installation was simple (both Mac and PC). Connecting to my local area network was simple as well (used wired connection, so only involved plugging in the cable).
Prints fast, and the colors look great on documents. I have looked for photo paper for laser, but so far have not found anything that come close to inkjet. For me this is not a problem, since most of my photos are digital, and if I do need a print costco, CVE, etc... are just around the corner. I do think the toner is expensive, but I am not a high volume user, so for me the speed and simplicity are worth the cost.
I also own a Brother MFC-7840W, and I am very happy with that device as well.
Good reliable products.
Prints fast, and the colors look great on documents. I have looked for photo paper for laser, but so far have not found anything that come close to inkjet. For me this is not a problem, since most of my photos are digital, and if I do need a print costco, CVE, etc... are just around the corner. I do think the toner is expensive, but I am not a high volume user, so for me the speed and simplicity are worth the cost.
I also own a Brother MFC-7840W, and I am very happy with that device as well.
Good reliable products.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 10 for HL-3070CW
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Good value
Date:October 7, 2011
By GenlGrant
from Roanoke VA
The HL-3070CW is a good solid value in a digital color printer. Image quality is good, the speed is adequate, and it offers a much more economical alternative to ink jet printing if you do any volume at all. I can think of only two negatives, one minor and one not so minor. In many respects, the control panel is counterintuitive and needlessly complicated. The single-sheet bypass feeder is just unacceptable if you do any envelope printing at all. Envelopes come out looking as if a car ran over them.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 11 for HL-3070CW
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Good and Basic
Date:September 28, 2011
By chrispytater
from Memphis, TN
Small footprint and compact design make this a great addition to our office. We only needed some light duty color printing every now and then so this filled the need nicely. Print quality is very good and network set-up is easy.
We have four total Brother office machines with no complaints and would not hesitate to buy another.
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Small Business (Up to 25 Employees)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 12 for HL-3070CW
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Prints Great But....
Date:September 27, 2011
By MKEBOB
from Milwaukee, WI
Could not get this machine to work wireless. Not quite "plug-and-play." Otherwise this thing works great.
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Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 13 for HL-3070CW
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A Good Value Printer
Date:September 21, 2011
By Brad
from Indiana
This is a good value printer. If you're wanting high volume/quality - then look elsewhere. But for home and student - this is a good choice.
It does not configure easily with Ubuntu or JoliOS. You can make it work, but the setup is not as straight-forward.
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 14 for HL-3070CW
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Could be better
Date:September 7, 2011
By buddy
from Pennsylvania
This prints well but it could have a faster warmup time. It printed letter size from the cassette well but more than once, after it printed an envelope or 2 via the manual slot, it balked and it said there was a paper jam - which there wasn't. It said to remove all the cartridges and replace them. After a complete shut down and restart it managed to print the few envelopes that I needed, but it was a real hassle. But my final assessment will be when I see how much it has cost per page when I replace the starter cartridges. (I'll never use inkjet printers again because of the ink costs.)
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
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Review 15 for HL-3070CW
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Pretty decent printer
Date:August 31, 2011
By rstegen
from New Hampshire
I am very happy with the quality and speed of printing with this printer for non-photo graphics, especially for the price. Wireless connection was a breeze. Unfortunately, photo quality is pretty poor, but that's not really what this type of printer is designed for. Also, the single sheet feeder is touchy, often stating there's a paper jam when there's really not.
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 5
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Review 16 for HL-3070CW
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Great printer
Date:August 16, 2011
By Dlynch
from Georgia
Great printer,very easy to set up wireless networking. Set up with a mac, windows vista and windows 7.
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 17 for HL-3070CW
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Great Color Printer
Date:August 14, 2011
By BobbyG
from Orlando, FL
This printer offers quick quality color printing at an affordable price. The replacement toner is reasonably priced and does over 2,000 pages. A super printer!
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 18 for HL-3070CW
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works great
Date:August 6, 2011
By seafood
from Navarre, Florida
For a home or small business computer this is a great color printer. I have printed calling cards, stationary on rag paper, a 800 copy merged mail letter, print numerous e-mails and photos received by email, excel files using colored highlights. It is compact and doesn't take a lot of table space.. Toner is easy to change, I haven't had a paper jam. I have had a B&W Brother printer for three years and it still works fine.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 19 for HL-3070CW
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Fine Color Laser Printer
Date:July 16, 2011
By napabob
from Napa, CA
Brother does some things better than HP such as much easier to connect wired or wireless to a router. Using this printer for two months connected to four computers and have never had a problem with wake up followed by instant print. Even does multiple computer requests with ease.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 20 for HL-3070CW
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NEVER AGAIN.......
Date:June 30, 2011
By shesarock
from Houston, Texas
I purchased this printer HL3070CW on the pretense that it would be compatable with Windows 7. Well it has been two weeks now that I still do not have my printer working after the upgrade to Windows 7. The support is just not there from Brother. For that reason alone, I would not buy another Brother product. We currently have 6 brother products in our office and trust me, when they go out, it will be HP all the way. I shouldn't have to pay money to have someone come to my office to make Brothers product work with Windows 7.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Medium Business (26 to 999 Employees)
Brother products owned: 1
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