Windows 10: Brother HL2040 lassr printer

**** MS WINDOWS 1 !!!!!!!!


I have a Brother HL-2040 laser that sort of old and a sort of stupid printer When I say Stupid I mean a WYSIWYG Printer. BTW crystal clear !!! For several years the Brother2040 has been a reliable and cost effective part of my home office. Brother's website "says this driver are already in windows 10. IT WILL NOT connect over direct connect via direct USB like 10 times. Please contact me to find a fix as for my needs I have years of Toner and the quality is superb.


BTW, I am sinding this to "BROTHER" as well because as a BSEE / Project Manager that specifies millions of dollars of product I know if you jingle ALLthe bells "STUFF" gets fixed. Maybe Brother and MS can confer and can my "older printer" fit into a modern version that will work in just WYSIYIG.



WARMEST REGARDS!


R WILSON

*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

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Can't Access networked Brother Laser printer- To print or use Web I/f

Not all Printer drivers are included in the installation media. Even mine (Brother HL-4040CN), you would need to manually add it to the list:

1. Control Panel->Devices and Printers->Add a Printer
2. Follow the steps to set up a network printer. At one point, Windows will search for available printer, click on "The printer that I want isn't listed"
3. Click on "Windows Updates". Windows will start downloading a complete list of Printers.
4. Select your printer name & model then install.

EDIT: Just tried to install as a USB printer for MFC-7820N since I don't have this printer to set up as a network printer. The result as shown in the list after clicking on "Windows Update":

 

Brother MFC J6720DW listed with strange icon in Devices and Printers

I have reinstalled the drivers for my Brother MFC J6720DW and now the printer icon is listed in the unspecified category instead of the printer category. The printer is the "Device" icon to the right.





Right clicking on the icon shows the usual items for a printer (printing properties etc.), In addition it shows a "Browse Files" entry that lists the card reader of the printer.





To the left of the Brother printer icon there is another similar one that seems to be my USB card reader

 

Brother printers - wireless connection


Yep, over the years I've contacted Brother by phone and online chat and email. They have a list of stock responses, none of which have solved the problem. Their printers work great when they're actually working. But the wireless issues are maddening. With other printer brands, my experience has been different - when the internet connection is restored, the printers automatically reconnect to the wifi SSID and work properly again, immediately. But for some reason this does not happen with Brother, even when their printers have reconnected.