Brother HL4570CDW Color Laser Printer with Wireless Networking and Duplex

Product Description

The Brother HL4570CDW Color Laser Printer with Wireless Networking and Duplex features Up to 30ppm color and black printing, Automatic duplex printing, Wireless, Ethernet and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces, Up to 2400 x 600 dpi resolution and USB direct interface. It produces brilliant, high-quality output at an impressive print speed of up to 30 pages per minute in color and black.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.1 x 12.3 inches ; 46.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 57 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00439GOKY
• Item model number: HL4570CDW
  

Price : $349.00
You Save : $150.99 (30%)

Technical Details

• Up to 30ppm color and black printing
• Automatic duplex printing
• Wireless, Ethernet and Hi-Speed USB 20 interfaces
• Up to 2400 x 600 dpi resolution
• USB direct interface

Costumer Reviews

The Brother HL4570cdw is a fantastic printer for everyday and office use. This is my first Brother purchase. I'm using it to print out full colored brochures (graphics, photos, and text). So far it's been more than adequate when using the appropriate paper i.e. glossy paper. When on regular paper, the colors are not as sharp and pictures are not as clear. For photos, the resolution quality is acceptable/good, but there is a noticeable difference in quality from a print shop and a heavy duty office printer (you know the 5 foot jumbo printers).

As for print speeds, from start to finish it prints at an above average pace. The spooling process is quick (less than 2 minutes) for a 80 mb print job. It printed a 60 page, full color (vivid mode), double sided booklet in about 8-10 minutes.

PROS

- Easy printer and wireless Setup (less than 5 minutes).

- Good print speeds (auto-duplex and straight printing).

- Excellent print quality for general graphics and text.

- Good photo quality when using the right paper.

- Acceptable noise level for a printer

- Toner replacements are cheaper than HPs, Lexmark, and Canon.

CONS

- Printer reads toner as empty when full. You must do the toner trick which involves covering the clear holes with black electric tape on the toner cartridges as a temporary solution. For a more permanent solution, you need to reset the computerized toner levels on the printer. You do this by 1) Opening the printer door 2) Holding Back and Cancel at the same time 3) A menu to reset the toners pops up 4) You hit Okay to reset.

- I printed approximately 900 full color pages with the "starter" cartridges it came and some cartridges are already visibly running low. While the prints were on the high color (vivid) settings, it is a shame that this printer appears to be another "toner hog" and did not print to the 3000/1500 page estimates the cartridges claim.

- Photo prints are poor when printing full sized photos on regular paper. For best printing results you need to use specialized glossy paper.

- Must use "multi-purpose" pullout feeder tray for specialized paper or else risk paper jams

- Very slight paper curl

- Noise level maybe too loud for a quiet office space.

I compared the Brother HL-4570cdw's print quality extensively with HPs and Canon color lasers in this price range, and the Brother printed out more impressive looking demo prints than its competitors. The print quality is enough to merit the purchase of this printer and because the toner replacements are relatively cheaper than other companies the Brother HL-4570cdw receives my recommendation.

Overall, I'm happy with this purchase and would recommend it if you get it for the right price. I would not pay more than $400-$425 for this machine which is the price I paid.

I purchased this in November 2010 and have had for 5 months. I wanted to give it 3.5 stars, but Amazon doesn't allow half stars. While the purchase price was a VERY good value, the price of the replacement toner and insistence of the system to force you to replace the cartridge even when they clearly still contain ink is very fustrating.

PROS:

1. Reasonably priced for a wirless color laser

2. Excellent color documents

3. Relatively fast

4. Prints double-sided

5. Wi-fi

CONS:

1. VERY expensive refills. I don't print that much and all 4 cartridges have run out in 5 months. The replacement cost for the 4 cartridges is $200. Because it's a relatively new model, it doesn't appear there are options other than to buy genuine Brother Products.

2. The printer just stops working when it deems that the tonner cartridges need to be replaced. The documents I printed the day before looked great and so I can't believe all 3 color cartridges are fully depleated of toner, but Brother insists they must be replaced to get the printer to run again.

3. The pages curl up at the ends.

4. It won't print B;W or grayscale in PowerPoint 2010 even when selecting that option (Brother told me to call Microsoft and have them re-write PowerPoint software to fix this problem, which a complete blow off of a customer).

5. It works great with a PC, but won't print color photos from a Mac (they come out B;W and won't size correctly).

6. A little noisy but not too bad (don't plan to have a phone conversation via a speaker phone or headset if you're sitting within 10 feet of the printer while it's printing)