How to identify your Operating System (OS).

Can I use my Brother printer with a 64 bit Linux distribution? (Linux)

Uninstall the drivers. (Mac OS X 10.6 - macOS 12)

Delete print jobs from the print queue.

"Offline" appears on the Status Monitor.

Change the printer driver settings (Windows/macOS)

The printer status is Offline or Paused.

Open the Status Monitor

Install the built-in drivers (For Windows 8 and Windows 10)

Can I use non-Brother or third party supplies with the Brother machine?

Paper size settings are unavailable when I print from OpenOffice (Linux)

Uninstall the drivers. (Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4)

I'm using a Debian based distribution (e.g. Ubuntu, Kubuntu etc). When installing the CUPS Wrapper driver, I get the following error message: "/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapper[model name]: No such file or directory". (Linux)

Can I print from DOS applications?

I cannot install the Linux printer driver in Fedora 33 or later. (Linux)

I get the "Filter "brlpdwrapper[model name]" for printer "[model name]" not available: No such file or directory" error on Gentoo (Linux)

Uninstall the drivers. (Mac OS X 10.5)

Replace the drum unit.

I cannot use Gmail for Email functions (such as Scan-to-Email) and Internet Fax (I-Fax)

Add my Brother machine (the printer driver) using macOS 10.12 - 10.15.

My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021)

The message "[file name] can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." appears on OS X v10.8.x.

Add my Brother machine (the printer driver) using Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.11.

I cannot find some option in the Printing preferences. (For Windows)

I cannot save a file downloaded from the Brother support website (For Windows)

I cannot install the driver when using the Driver Install Tool. (Linux)

Open the Control Panel (For Windows)

I cannot install Brother drivers on Debian 10 or later (Linux)

Uninstall the printer drivers (For Windows)

Cannot print after a Windows 10 update (June 2020)

What driver package format is supported by my Linux distribution?

Install your Brother machine's software from the supplied installation disc or from Full Driver Package. (Windows)

The downloaded driver's name is different from my machine's name. (Linux)

The driver installation was successful but I cannot print on Redhat, Fedora, or CentOS (Linux)

Print command (LPR) (Linux)

My machine prints 2-sided when I select 1-sided printing in the driver (Linux)

Print command (cupswrapper) (Linux)

Pre-Required Procedures (Linux)

I cannot install the LPD/LPRng driver and get a message that LPD does not exist. (Linux)

Large characters are printed incorrectly. (Linux)

When printing with monochrome laser printer, the print position shifts. (Linux)

The driver installation finished successfully but I cannot print. (Linux)

To install the printer driver easily using a tool. (Linux)

Uninstall printer drivers (Linux)

Check the firmware version.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 or greater. I have installed the drivers, but I am still unable to print. (Linux)

I'm using openSUSE11.3. I cannot print to my Brother Machine. (Linux)

I'm using FreeBSD. Do you have a driver for FreeBSD? (Linux)

All print jobs are aborted and nothing is printed. (Linux)