Uninstalling the printer driver

You can uninstall the printer driver that you installed with the following steps.
Note icon Note
This is not available if you installed the printer driver from the Windows Add a printer function.
After uninstalling, we recommend that you restart your computer to remove files that were in use during the uninstall.

Printer driver for Windows®

For Windows® XP
1
Click the Start button, point to All Programs and then to your printer name.
2
Click UnInstall.
3
Follow the instructions on the screen.
For Windows® 95/98/Me/2000 and Windows NT® 4.0
1
Click the Start button, point to Programs and then to your printer name.
2
Click UnInstall.
3
Follow the instructions on the screen.

Brother Laser driver for Macintosh®

For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
1
Disconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh and your printer.
2
Restart the Macintosh®.
3
Log on as an ‘Administrator’.
4
Run the Printer Setup Utility *1 (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button.
5
Drag the HL-MFLPro folder (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash.
6
Restart the Macintosh®.
*1
Print Center for Mac OS® X 10.2 users
For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2
1
Open the Extensions folder located in the System Folder on the Macintosh HD.
2
Drag all these following files in the Extensions folder to the trash.
BR_PrintMonitor(laser)
Brother Laser
Brother Laser(IP)
Note icon Note
 
There may be several USB Print Driver(BRXXX)*1 and BR_PrintMonitor(BXX)*1 extensions with different endings.
*1
The ‘x’ refers to the model of your machine.
3
Restart the Macintosh®.
4
Once the computer has restarted you can then empty the trash.