FAQs & Troubleshooting
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- 1The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears on the Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device).
- 2Can I print from or scan to Android™ Smartphone?
- 3My FAX/MFC/DCP does not print or prints garbage when printing the first document after starting a PC. What can I do?
- 4Can I print from and scan to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad?
- 5The error message "Invalid format for short nick name" appears when printing a document. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater)
- 6What driver package format is supported by my Linux distribution?
- 7I am having a problem trying to use a Brother driver in a Windows Server 2003 environment. I cannot print or scan. What should I do?
- 8My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021)
- 9I cannot install Brother drivers on Debian 10 or later (Linux)
- 10Pre-Required Procedures (Linux)
- 11I'm using Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003. An error message referring to BRSVC01A.EXE appears after installing the printer driver and I cannot print. What should I do?
- 12I'm using Windows XP. When I try to install PaperPort® 8.0, I get an error message "PaperPort Setup Wizard Terminated". I can find PaperPort® 8.0 in "Add or Remove Programs", however I can't remove it. What can I do?
- 13I'm experiencing a problem when printing from Adobe® Acrobat®/ Acrobat® Reader®/ Reader®. What can I do to correct this?
- 14I'm using Macintosh®. What are the settings in the Scanner window used for?
- 15Delete print jobs from the print queue.
- 16The printer status is Offline or Paused.
- 17When I start the Remote Setup Software, the error message "RS 005-xx" or "RS 006-xx" appears on the display.
- 18When using Microsoft® Word 2002, borders that use wavy lines, dots or dashes are printed as solid lines. What can I do?
- 19The machine does not print anything.
- 20How to identify your Operating System (OS).
- 21Install the Windows 7 built-in drivers from the Windows Update provided by Microsoft®.
- 22I'm using Mac OS X. When I click on any button in the Control Center 2.0 the program crashes or freezes.
- 23Store Speed Dial numbers on my Brother machine for easy dialing.
- 24When I print from Adobe® Illustrator® with the "Improve Gray Printing" option enabled, the document with halftone setting does not print as expected. What can I do?
- 25The error message "Can not load Word for Windows 6.0 files" appears at the end of the software installation. I have installed Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). What should I do?
- 26When I look in the processes tab of my Windows® PC, I see that the BRMFRSMG.EXE, BRSS01A.EXE, BRSVC01A.EXE processes are running. What are they and can I stop the processes from running?
- 27Can I use non-Brother or third party supplies with the Brother machine?
- 28I'm using Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4 and I'm getting error messages when I try to print.
- 29When I print from Outlook/ Outlook Express or Internet Explorer, the page does not print as expected. For example, the right or left hand portion of the page is blank or it prints on a separate piece of paper.
- 30I'm using Windows® XP. I can't uninstall PaperPort® 8.0 and I get an error message "Fatal error during installation" . What can I do?
- 31I'm using Windows® NT4/ 2000 and Windows® XP. I want to use a name from my address book to send a FAX. The address book is stored on a network share and when I try to access the address book I can not open it.
- 32I'm using Mac OS® 9. I get an Error message of Type 1,010 when I am trying to scan into my Macintosh®. What can I do?
- 33Configure and use PC-FAX (CUPS) (Linux)
- 34Cannot print after a Windows 10 update (June 2020)
- 35I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 or higher. I cannot scan from my Brother Machine. (Linux)
- 36The message "[file name] can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." appears on OS X v10.8.x.
- 37The rainbow cursor keeps spinning when I click on Copy/PC-FAX in ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.7).
- 38Change or delete an existing Speed Dial number.
- 39I installed drivers from the bundled CD-ROM but I cannot print. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater)
- 40Change the printer driver settings (Windows/macOS)
- 41I cannot install the Windows 7 built-in drivers from the Windows Update provided by Microsoft®.
- 42Functions supported in the Windows 7 built-in drivers
- 43The paper is skewed when it's printed.
- 44I cannot print with Windows Vista 64bit.
- 45I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). I cannot uninstall PaperPort® 8.0 or I uninstalled PaperPort® 8.0 and I'm not able to reinstall it now. What can I do?
- 46When I try to OCR into WordPad using PaperPort® 8.0SE or 9.0SE or Brother Control Center, the text comes out as gibberish. This started after I installed Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Why and what should I do?
- 47What does "NG" or "ERROR" on the Transmission Verification Report mean?
- 48Why doesn't the machine answer when receiving a call?
- 49Can I reduce the size of a received fax on this machine?
- 50What can happen if the wrong paper is used in your machine.