If your Brother printer is not working on your Windows or Mac computer this article is for you. In this article we’ll fix Brother printer not working issue.
First you should check the connection, it’s necessary to do some basic checks before moving on to the complicated fixes.
First off, check the connection between the printer and the computer.
If you’re using a USB printer and you connect the printer to your computer by a USB cable then simply re-plug it and also try to use another USB port.
If you’re using a wireless printer it’s necessary to ensure the printer and the computer are connected on the same Wi-fi network.
If your printer still does not work, try some more methods:
Now, it’s time to set your printer as the default device.Your computer is reliable to use the default printer every time you print.
To do this follow these steps:
Press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the Run command.
Type control and click on ok.
Click on “view by” to open the drop down menu and select “small icon” then click “Devices and Printers”.
Right click your “Brother printer” and click on set as default printer.
You might need to try to restart the print spooler service. Your computer isn't able to send the print jobs to your Brother printer if the print spooler service is not working correctly. To reset this service:
Press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the run box.
Type service.msc and click ok.
Right click on print spooler if it’s not running then start the service, if it’s already then click on restart.
After restarting the print spooler service, right click on print spooler again and click on properties.
You have to start up type to automatic. Then click ok.
If you’re using an outdated printer driver then it’s compulsory to update your printer driver.
Brother keeps updating drivers for its printers.You should download and install the driver manually for that you can search the latest driver on Brother’s support official website.
Once you’ve downloaded the correct driver for your printer, click on the downloaded file and install it.
If you don’t want to update the driver manually so you can update the printer driver automatically with drive easy.
Driver easy will automatically find the suitable driver as per your system.
Make sure that there is not any damaged file in your system.
Missing or damaged files can also cause various printer issues. To resolve this you can run the Windows File Checker to scan your computer and repair corrupted files.
Reimage is a PC repair solution with many powerful functions. It improves your PC’s stability, most importantly it does not harm your custom settings and data.
First you need to download and install the Reimage.
Then open Reimage and click yes to run a free scan of your PC.
Reimage will scan your computer and this may take a few minutes.