Windows 10: How can I get my Brother HL-1100 printer to work?

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  1. dancker Win User

    How can I get my Brother HL-1100 printer to work?


    Windows says the driver for my Brother HL-1100 printer is unavailable. However, when I try to reinstall the driver by running the setup software from the manufacturer website, by the end of the installation process it says that all files are already present on my computer and that's the end of the process. How can I fix this?

    :)
     
    dancker, Oct 7, 2024
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  2. SteveGuss Win User

    No printer driver found for Brother HL-5040

    I Found my own work-around.

    Unplugged and re-plugged the printer (it's connected to the computer by a USB cable). Windows added the printer, but had the message "Driver is unavailable".

    Then went through the process of adding a new printer, printer not found, I have an older printer, etc., etc. until I got to the list of Brother printer drivers. I then clicked on the HL-5140 drive and windows installed it.

    So in my printers list I now have a HL-5140 printer (which is the one I select when I want to print on the HL-5040) and an HL-5040 printer with no driver.

    WARNING - Do not delete the HL-5040 printer. I did that and I couldn't print.

    I suspect one is making the physical connection and the other the software connection.
     
    SteveGuss, Oct 7, 2024
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  3. SteveGuss Win User
    No printer driver found for Brother HL-5040

    I Just moved from an old PC to a new PC. I did NOT migrate. I am setting the new system fresh.

    The printer was working on the old PC which was running Windows 10 (NOT Pro), using the same USB cable.

    Brother Printer HL-5040 now connected to a PC running Window 10 Pro, version 20H2, using a USB cable.



    I Go to "settings", "Devices", "Printers".

    HL-5040 is shown with the text "Driver is Unavailable"



    When I click on HL-5040 a click box shows up "Remove device", so

    I click on "Add printer or Scanner".

    That ends leaving messaage "The printer that I want isn't listed".

    I click on that, which brings up a window "Find a printer by other options".

    I click on "My printer is a little older. Help me find it" and click "Next".

    It searchs for available printers and finds my networked Epson printer, but not the Brother HL-5040.

    I click on "Next" and a window comes up "Install the printer driver" with two sub windows, Maufacturer on the left an Printer on the right.

    The Manufacturer window only shows "EPSON", "Generic" and "Microsoft". So I click on the "Windows Update" box.

    I select "Brother" in the "Manufacturer" window and in the "Printers" window I scroll down to where the "Brother HL-5040" should be.



    IT IS NOT THERE!!



    It goes from "Brother HL-4570CDW series" to "Brother HL-5130".

    Can I use a different driver and if so, which one, and will it recognize my printer??????





    I also went to the Microsoft web site and followed their instructions, which told me to delete the printer and reinstall it. I did that and the result was the same. It found the printer, but no driver.
     
    SteveGuss, Oct 7, 2024
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  4. Ivanmow Win User

    How can I get my Brother HL-1100 printer to work?

    Brother HL-5280DW printer driver missing from windows 10

    what driver do I use as a substitute for Brother HL-5280DW printer, in windows list of brother printer drivers?
     
    Ivanmow, Oct 7, 2024
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