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Firmware Update Tool

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Title	Description	Language	Release Date (Firmware Version)	Size
Firmware Update Tool	This tool updates your Brother machine firmware via the internet, by sending the firmware to your machine from the Brother internet server.	English	19/07/2012 (C)	5.30 MB

19/07/2012 Main: C: Change the printhead cleaning method to improve the print quality.
Adds an automatic power down feature.
25/11/2010 Main: B: Corrects the issue where the connection of a certain USB flash memory drive causes an error, which then also prevents any other drive connected afterwards from being recognized.
Corrected an issue that the LCD does not display correctly when quickly turning machine off and on.
Corrects the print range when printing from some media.
Corrected an issue that certain computers when connected to the machine by USB do not start.
Corrected the issue that lines would appear on the printed paper when printing a trimmed image from your memory card or USB Flash memory drive.

macOS 10.15.x, macOS 10.14.x, macOS 10.13.x, macOS 10.12.x, OS X (10.11), OS X (10.10)

Please make sure that the machine you are going to update the firmware is not busy. Also, make sure that there is no data left in the machine memory when running the firmware update tool.

Open Printer Properties and confirm that your printer is functioning correctly by printing a test page.
Please close all applications and TSR's.
If you are using a Windows XP SP2 Firewall or other Firewall software, disable it.

It is not possible to update the firmware unless the following conditions are met on your machine.

The machine is not scanning a document.
The machine is not copying / or in copy settings (copy mode, number of copies, etc..).
There are no Media cards inserted into the machine.
The machine is not in the Settings Menu.
There's no error message on LCD panel.
If you are using a Macintosh computer, Printer Driver or CUPS Printer Driver must be installed.