Windows 10: My brothers printer unable to print after windows update\.

My brothers printer was working ok suddenly stop printing. I have uninstalled and re installed the Brothers program

2 or 3 times and also the drivers. still. nothing. I read that after a windows update it has happened to a few printers.

Is there anything that I can do? I do not want to delete de update because I have no idea what is doing for my

computer. Thank you.

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Windows 10 Home Won't Print to Remote Printer


I have three computers.
Machine 1: Windows 10 pro, has the USB Brother HL-5040 printer
Machine 2: Windows 10 pro, prints OK to the remote printer.
Machine 3: Windows 10 home, Used to print, but not anymore (THIS IS THE PROBLEM).
I’ve tried everything that I can think of, and would appreciate any suggestions.
I did these steps on Machine 3 that did not work.

1. Remove the printer device.
2. Add a Printer
3. The printer that I want isn’t listed
4. Select a shared printer by name
5. Browse
6. Select the displayed Machine 1.
7. Select the displayed Printer.
8. Next
9. Failure “Connect to Printer”.
10. Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or Hostname
11. Next
12. Set Hostname to Machine 2, and set port name.
13. Detecting TCP/IP Port
14. Additional Port information required.
15. Device Type – Standard, Brother Port Server
16. Next
17. Detecting the Driver Model
18. Install The Print Driver
19. Select Brother and Brother HL-5040
20. Next
21. Replace the Current Driver
22. Printer Name (setting it to HL-5040)
23. Next
24. Do not share this printer
25. Next
26. You’ve successfully added “HL-5040”
27. Finish

Printing on Machine 3 puts the document in the print queue, which reports error printing.
Printing from Machine 2 to the printer on Machine 1 works perfectly.
All three machines are in the same HomeGroup. Machine 3 can access the shared files from Machine 1.

 

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 HL-2380DW PRINTER: "Print Unable 04"

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you receive an error, ‘Print Unable 04’ when trying to use your Brother printer. I’ll certainly assist you with the issue.



We would like to know the version of Windows installed on the computer. To check type:
winver in the search bar on the Taskbar and hit
Enter.



The error "Print Unable 04" indicates that a hardware malfunction has occurred. I would suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the article
"Print Unable 04" and see if that helps.




Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator