Brother HL-1470 Toner Cartridges

Brother HL-1470 Printer Review

The Brother HL-1470 is a monochrome laser printer designed for the home or small office user. Its fast speeds and affordable price, combined with built-in networking, make it an excellent choice for the networked small office environment.

These days, even small offices and home offices often have a network set up for sharing files and printers, and any printer added to the network should have the ability to be shared among multiple computers. The Brother HL-1470 includes a built-in ethernet port, allowing it to be easily connected and shared across a network of users. It has the processing power and memory to handle a fair number of users, and its memory can be expanded from 8 MB to a maximum of 36 MB to accommodate more users if necessary.

In addition to the driver software, which can be installed on each computer on the network, the HL-1470 also includes an embedded web server. This allows users to access the printer directly through a browser on their computer, to view the printer's status, manage print jobs, and change settings. This actually eliminates the need to install the driver software on each networked computer, making it easier to set up.

Replacing the Brother HL-1470 toner cartridge is simple, just open the front panel to access the Brother toner cartridge. Users have two options for replacement cartridges. The standard Brother HL-1470 toner cartridge has a capacity of 4,000 pages, while the high-yield cartridge has a capacity of 6,000 pages, resulting in a much lower cost per page.

Print quality is excellent. Text is sharp and defined, and characters maintain readability even at small font sizes. Print speed is quite good, around 15 pages per minute.

Overall, the Brother HL-1470 makes a great choice for the networked home or small office. It has solid speeds and print quality. Even users who don't immediately need its networking capability may wish to buy it for future-proofing.