Brother Printer does not Print

Is your Brother Printer does not print and creating troubles for you? Here, we have some troubleshooting steps which can help you to sort out this issue. You can also contact the Brother Printer Support to get the instant solution for your problem.

Easy troubleshooting steps to resolve “Brother Printer does not print” error:

 Step 1 - Make sure that your Brother Printer is turned on

• Check the LED status, make sure that your LED light is turned on.
• Check the other LED lights as well. If any other light is on ( toner or paper light), that simply indicates that your Brother Printer is not ready and you need to troubleshoot the problem.

Step 2 - Check the connection between computer and printer.

•  If your printer is connected to the system through a USB cable, make sure that cable is connected properly on both ends.

Step 3 - Check the Driver settings of your Printer

For checking the driver settings, you need to access the printer folder

For windows

• Click on Start>> All Apps>> Windows System>> Control Panel.
• Click on “Hardware and Sound” and then “Devices and Printers”.

Steps to check the drivers and delete printing jobs:

• Verify whether your Brother Printer is in a list. If you are unable to see your Brother Printer on the list then, your printer drivers are not properly installed.
• If the Brother printer is in the list, right-click the printer and choose “Set as Default Printer”.
• Make sure that your brother printer is online.
• Right click on the printer and choose “See what is printing”.
• Click on “Printer>>Pause Printing/Use Printer Offline ( Remove the Checkmark).
• If you see “ Pause Printing/Use Printer offline grayed out”, select option “Open as Administrator”.
• When prompted, enter the “password”.
• Click on “Yes”.
• Right Click on Printer and choose “See what is printing”.
• Click Printer>> Cancel All Documents>> Yes.

In case, you face trouble even after following these steps, contact Brother Printer Support and take expert advice from experienced technicians.

Installation of brother printer on Windows 10

Brother printer installation is a quite simple process. You can install the Brother printer through an Installation disc which you got with your printer. But, in case you do not have an installation disc, you can still install the printer by downloading the driver and installing the software from the manufacturer’s website. You can also take help from the Brother Printer customer service for the successful Installation of brother printer on Windows 10.

         Here are the steps:

• Connect the Brother Printer with your computer.
• Turn on your printer and wait until brother printer goes through the routine procedure of initialization.
•  Turn on your computer.
• Using an administrator account, log-in to your system. Windows will try to find out the appropriate drivers for your printer and install the printer. If the process succeeds, a message on the system tray will appear ( present at the lower- right corner) of your computer. This message will inform you about the successful installation of printer drivers. If the process fails then, you need to install the printer drivers manually.
• Visit the download page on brother’s website and download the right drivers for your Brother Printer model. You need to follow the on-screen instructions for the successful driver installation. If the installation package has extracted the driver file to a folder and does not install the printer, you need to install the brother printer drivers after it gets downloaded. In case, you face any trouble in following the process, you can contact our Brother Printer customer service team for the help.
• Click on the “start “button and choose the option “devices and printers”.
•  Click on “ Add a printer” button present on the top of your screen.
• Select the option “Add a Local Printer”.
• Click on the button “Use an existing port” on the “Choose a Printer Port” page. Select the USB Port if your printer is a “USB Model”, or choose “LPT 1 or LPT 2” if your printer connects through a parallel port unless your printer is too old.
• Click “next” and then “have disk” button.
• Browse to the folder in which you have extracted the driver files. Click on Ok.
• Follow the onscreen instructions.
• Click on “finish” option to exit the wizard.

Follow the steps for successful Installation of brother printer on Windows 10. For any concern, you can contact Brother Printer customer service for the help.