Pleasingly, the toner cartridges for the HL-4570CDW are a little cheaper than average. The standard-size cartridges (a set of them ships with the unit) include a $61.07, 2500-page black unit and separate cyan, magenta, and yellow cartridges that last 1500 pages and cost $67.12 apiece. That's 2.4 cents per black page, and 4.5 per color, per page; a page with all four colors would cost 15.9 cents. In the high-yield sizes, the 6000-page black costs $107.74, or a low 1.8 cents per page; each $115.49, 3500-page color costs 3.3 cents per page, or 11.7 cents for each four-color page.

Additional consumables include the 25,000-page drum unit ($180), a 50,000-page waste toner box ($26), and a 50,000-page belt unit ($136). As you replace them, they'll add a fraction of a cent each to the cost per page.

The Brother HL-4570CDW has the speed and features to stand up to the rigors of a small to medium-size office. It's less adept at printing photos, as many midpriced models are. You can get basically the same printer in the HL-4140CDN without wireless for $100 less. Or you can spend $100 more on an additional bottom-mounted 550-sheet input unit with the HL-4570CDWT.