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Brother HL-3075CW
Digital Color Printer with Wireless Networking
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53 of 67(79%)people would recommend this product.
Customer Reviews for HL-3075CW
Review 1 for HL-3075CW
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An Exceptional Printer
Date:March 30, 2013
By Clark
from Spring, TX
I am a 68 year old man, and when purchasing computer peripherals, I am NOT looking for an installation or technical challenge. I have now been using my HL-3075CW printer for a little over a month, and I am extremely happy with my purchase decision.
When purchasing the HL-3075CW Printer, my decision was made based on its price and the print options it supported. My requirements were for a color laser printer that supported both wired and wireless network connectivity. To my surprise, I found the HL-3075CW to be extremely easy and fast to install.
And, once in use, I found that it delivers bright, high-quality color & black-and-white print output.
I was so pleased with the HL-3075CW, that days later, I purchased a Brother HL-5470CW black-and-white laser printer for my considerable black-and-white print needs. Both printers are preforming exceptionally, and for prices I considered to be a bargain.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 2 for HL-3075CW
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Great Purchase
Date:March 23, 2013
By BDHOFF
from South Dakota
Needed a printer that printed better than an ink jet printer for photos, this one dies the job. Photo on gloss paper comes out just like a professional film printing. Very well worth the money.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 3 for HL-3075CW
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Toner cartridge trick
Date:March 6, 2013
By Hike2day
from Burnsville, Virginia
One reviewer noted that (s)he felt the Brother printer used a lot of toner. In the past, I've placed a small piece of masking tape over the small hole on the toner cartridge. This fools the printer into thinking the toner cartridge is full; I've no way to guess how many thousands of extra sheets of paper I've printed over the many years I've used this trick on the black toner cartridges in other Brother laser printers, but will certainly try this when I bring my HL-3075CW home this afternoon. On sale at a local box store with a $50 credit for trading in a used printer. :-) I've been satisfied with Brother laser printers for years. I understand this isn't a photo printer, but am excited about the possibilities for color printing of brochures and hiking maps!
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 4 for HL-3075CW
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Laser Printer
Date:February 25, 2013
By FirstBaptistChurch
from Harrison, OH
Functional, works well. No problems with printer. Good value for a Laser color printer.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Small Business (Up to 25 Employees)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 5 for HL-3075CW
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Excellent well priced color laser printer
Date:February 24, 2013
By dld42
from Norfolk, CT
This machine has turned out to be perfect for a small office.
Hardworking and speedy.
I do use it a fair amount for labels. One has to be careful NOT to reuse a partially used sheet of labels. The glue will adhere to the drums and require very careful cleaning.
Hardworking and speedy.
I do use it a fair amount for labels. One has to be careful NOT to reuse a partially used sheet of labels. The glue will adhere to the drums and require very careful cleaning.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 6 for HL-3075CW
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Difficult installation
Date:February 18, 2013
By oldneezer
from Guntersville, AL
I tried following the instructions that came with the device. It was more specific about wn\hat NOT to do than it was about how to install.
After giving up and not using it for a week or more, I went to the web site and fianlly managed to make it work using a USB cable to my computer.
One of the reasons I bought it was for its wireless capability. To date I have not been successful in making it operate wirelessly. During my initial installation attempts I think the symbol on the barely legible status display showed what may nave been a recognition of wireless acknowledgement. But I never got it to print that way wirelessly
After giving up and not using it for a week or more, I went to the web site and fianlly managed to make it work using a USB cable to my computer.
One of the reasons I bought it was for its wireless capability. To date I have not been successful in making it operate wirelessly. During my initial installation attempts I think the symbol on the barely legible status display showed what may nave been a recognition of wireless acknowledgement. But I never got it to print that way wirelessly
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 7 for HL-3075CW
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good purchase
Date:February 13, 2013
By Anonymous
very good wi-fi printer and reliable. It's easy to set up.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 8 for HL-3075CW
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HL-3075CW for Photography
Date:February 13, 2013
By rayw796
from Northern California
As an amateur photographer, I periodically make go out to take photos. I have always had problems using inkjet printers as the ink would dry out, I would have to purchase new ink. This made the photos fairly expensive to produce.
I decided to get a laser and the HL-3075CW seemed to be a good fit for price and ability. It does do a good job. However, there appears to be some banding and faint lines vertically across the background on landscape photos. Some are much more prominate than others. The photos still look good. On some, there are wheel imprints where it moved the paper when I used heavier presentation paper. I tried one using glossy paper, but it was pointless since the laser has no gloss to apply over its print area.
I also used it to prepare some business documents with color and they looked great. One even had a color picture in the background.
This would be a good printer for casual use or business use. It works fine for color proofs of photos as well. However, for really good photos, an inkjet is still the better choice.
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 9 for HL-3075CW
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HL-3075CW
Date:February 5, 2013
By CaptBrad
from Marshfield, MA
Nice machine for the money
can do alot more than I can figure out
Crisp copies-good bang for your $
I only buy brother products--easy to use, understand and customer service help is always very good
can do alot more than I can figure out
Crisp copies-good bang for your $
I only buy brother products--easy to use, understand and customer service help is always very good
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 10 for HL-3075CW
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Date:February 5, 2013
By Laslo
from Ohio
Works as advertised.. Very easy to set up.... The iPhone app is awesome....
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 11 for HL-3075CW
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hl-3075
Date:January 1, 2013
By wetingle
from California
It is too soon to make any recommendations on this product. I like the laser color and it gives good quality color pages. However the drums and working parts could possibly result in the future as problem, don't know until more time passes and usage.
Expertise: Casual User
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 12 for HL-3075CW
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Good Quality - Easy Set-up
Date:December 31, 2012
By Butch1
from Westland, Michigan
Thr printer was realtively easy to set-up on a wireless network using Windows 8 operating system. One problem was that disk did not include a driver for Windows 8. This was overcome by installing the driver on a computer with a Windows 7 operating system. Once installed on the other computer, the Windows 8 operating system recognized the printe and installed the driver for Windows 8. The printer was easy to set-up out of the box. Ink is very expensive. Requires four cartriges with each cartrige costing more than $70.00. Offset is number of pages that can be printed without running out to buy supplies.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 13 for HL-3075CW
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Prefect home color wireless printer
Date:December 27, 2012
By Rinatude
from Oregon Coast
Super easy setup on our wireless network, just install print drivers on all of your computers set them default to the HL-3075CW and your done. Great for reports, school work with great color and crisp clean lines, we did not buy this for printing photos we have a inkjet for that. So if you are looking for a solid work horse for the home or small business this is the one for you.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 14 for HL-3075CW
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Great Printer
Date:December 22, 2012
By Antonio
from State College, PA
Excellent printer, if you are looking for speed. Quality of pictures and sharpness of color is good but not as excellent as my inkjet - but its 5X faster!
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Small Business (Up to 25 Employees)
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Review 15 for HL-3075CW
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Great Value
Date:December 21, 2012
By DR818
from Los Angeles, CA
I have owned a few other Brother printers so I felt very comfortable making this purchase. I have not been disapointed. Set up was quick and easy and in about 15 minutes I was printing. The B&W is sharp and the color is vivid. I haven't set up the wirelesss yet but will be in the near future. I highly recommend this printer if you want a small footprint and your print quanities are smaller jobs. This printer is for my daughter for school and she loves it.
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 4
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Review 16 for HL-3075CW
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HL-3075CW
Date:December 5, 2012
By Bro2
from San Diego, CA
This printer is easy to use, fast and not any problems so far. My only issue with it is that I print out color pictures for my documents and they don't seem to have the intensity my old printer had. On the other hand my old printer had many mechanical problems but the picturtes were great.
Expertise: Professional or Expert
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 2
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Review 17 for HL-3075CW
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Excellent Printer
Date:December 3, 2012
By Robert21
from Tennessee
Replaced a much larger Brother printer. Liked this one so much that I purchased another to be given as a gift to a family member. Unlike my previous printer, this one alerts you to low toner. The output is nice and reasonably fast. Much cheaper to use than an ink printer
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Small Business (Up to 25 Employees)
Brother products owned: More than 5
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Review 18 for HL-3075CW
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OK Purchase
Date:December 3, 2012
By Drue
from Texas
The printer works great, but I was told it did pictures well....NOT! It is not a photo printer at all. I really hate that, since I used to print a lot of photos from my camera. Guess I'll have to come up with another "Photo Smart" or something for all of that.
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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Review 19 for HL-3075CW
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Not a good fit for my needs
Date:December 3, 2012
By RogerM
from Buda, TX
Not a bad printer, but not sufficient for my needs. I do a heavy volume at times and a fair amount of duplexing to save paper, etc. The alternate tray is minimal, short and isn't adequate to handle more than a page or two at the time. I returned the HL-3075 and replaced it with a Brothers HL-4570CDW. Much better, faster and auto duplexing, but obviously a lot more expensive. Still not a perfect fit but much better.
The 3075 is a good printer and does quality work, but I wouldn't recommend it for high volume or long printing jobs. Though rated for up to 30,000 or so per month, I don't think that's realistic
The 3075 is a good printer and does quality work, but I wouldn't recommend it for high volume or long printing jobs. Though rated for up to 30,000 or so per month, I don't think that's realistic
Expertise: Advanced Amateur
Use: Home Office (Business Use)
Brother products owned: 3
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Review 20 for HL-3075CW
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Best Purchase Ever
Date:December 3, 2012
By diegolynwood
from California
is my first experience with Brother products and am very happy with my purchase
Expertise: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Use: Home (Personal Use)
Brother products owned: 1
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