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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	04/07/2013 (L)	5.03 MB

04/07/2013 Main: L: Adds support for a change in authentication method to Google Cloud Print™.
07/03/2013 Main: K: Improvement to the paper feeding ability of the machine.
08/11/2012 Main: J: Improves ink cartridge detection.
Adds support for Google Cloud Print™ for googlemail.com users.
Improvement of print quality.
Corrects a driver installation issue occuring during Windows® 8 WIA and WHQL tests.
26/12/2011 Main: G: Corrects an issue that can occur when connecting to a wireless network using WEP encryption.
02/11/2011 Main: F: Improved general print quality.
Adds support for Google Cloud Print™.
Adds support for AirPrint™.

OS X (10.9), OS X (10.8)

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.