If you own a Brother printer in your home or office, you must make it work correctly and smoothly with the right setup. The first thing in setup is connecting your printer to WiFi. Hence, this blog post will tell you how to set up a Brother printer on WiFi and also teach you to download printer drivers. So, let’s dive into the wireless setup of your Brother’s printer.
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But before you set up your printer, you must navigate the wireless network settings of the wireless router or access point. Note down the network name and network key to carry out the process.
How To Set Up A Brother Printer On WiFi?
To find the network name and network key, check the base or side of your wireless router or access point. Also, check the documentation provided with your wireless router or access point. Once you have located the wireless network settings of your wireless router or access point, you can proceed with the setup. Visit at- Setup brother com
Here are the steps to set up your Brother printer on WiFi:
- First, connect a power cord to your printer and then connect it to an electric socket.
- Then, on the printer’s Control panel, press the Menu button.
- In order to select Network, press the up or down key and OK.
- Then, press the up or down key to select WLAN and press OK.
- Once more, press the up or down key to select “Setup Wizard” and then press OK.
- When “WLAN Enable?” Prompts, select Yes to enable the wireless Network.
- The printer machine will scan for your Network and show a list of available networks.
- Select your network name from the list using the up or down key and then press OK.
- If you use an authentication and encryption method that needs the network key, enter your network key and press OK to enable the settings. Click Yes to enable the settings.
- If you use an open system authentication method with no encryption mode, move to the next step.
- Then, your printer will connect to the wireless Network you selected.
- Once your Brother’s printer is connected, the LCD will display connected.
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Now, it’s time to download and install your Brother machine software. Once you successfully set up your printer, you must install the driver.
Here are the steps to download the drivers:
For Windows
Move to the Downloads section of Brother’s website and download the full drive & software package. Then, follow the instructions carefully to download the page.
For mac
Move to the downloads section of Brother’s website, download the Full drive & software package, and download the printer driver and scanner driver. Then, follow the instructions on the download page. If you don’t find a printer and scanner driver, you should use AirPrint.
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How To Troubleshoot A WiFi Connection?
It may happen that your connection might not develop as expected. In this case, follow the given steps to troubleshoot the problem:
- Verify your WiFi name and password are correct.
- Ensure there is no interference between your devices.
- Verify your network connection.
- Then use the network connection repair tool.
- Ensure your Brother printer has the correct and latest driver installed.
- Now, install Reimage.
The connection repair tool helps troubleshoot your printer with minimum effort. The tool automatically navigates and updates your Brother printer’s IP address in the printer driver.
How To Download And Install Printer Drivers On Your Brother Printer?
If you observe that your printer driver has to be updated, there are two ways to do it. The first way is manual, and the other one is automatic.
Manually
You’ll need a little computer knowledge and patience to update the printer drivers in the manual method. By this method, you’ll find the right driver and install it following some steps.
Brother printers timely updates the driver. To get the printer drivers, you need to visit the Brother driver download page, find the drivers compatible with your Windows version, and download it manually. After you download the right printer drivers for your system, double-click the downloaded file and follow the displayed instructions to install them.
Automatically
This is the recommended way to download and install the drivers. This is a quick and easy way, and you can do it within a few clicks. Even a newbie can do this too.
However, if you don’t know how to download and install printer drivers, you can use Driver Easy, a free driver updater tool for windows. This tool will automatically identify your system and find compatible drivers for it. With this tool, you don’t have to think about installing the wrong drivers for your printer or making any mistakes.
Along with Driver Easy, you will download the drivers automatically for free in a few clicks. The steps for using driver easy are given below:
- First, download and install Driver Easy.
- Then, run the Driver Easy and click on Scan Now button. The tool scans your system and points out the problems.
- Now, click the update button near the audio driver to download the right version of that driver automatically, and then you can proceed with the manual installation of the drivers.
How To Use Reimage Tool?
Printers deal with corrupted files and content. Reimage is a robust tool for repairing windows. It is customized to your specific system and works automatically. It doesn’t harm your PC by losing an important file or program. Visit at- support.brother.com
Here are the steps to use it:
- Download and install Reimage.
- Then, launch Reimage and run a free scan. It may take a while.
- A summary of the detected issues will be displayed on the PC.
- Then click START REPAIR, and all the detected issues will be fixed automatically.
