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Brother is now a leading brand in the field of producing quality, innovative products for the imaging print, labeling, and sewing markets. They have many products, including Laser-printers, Fax-machines, Multi-Function Centers, Label printers, and a wide range of industrial and home sewing machines. Today we will discuss the complete process of how to connect Brother printer to WiFi.
If you have a Brother printer in your office or at your home and in order to make it work smoothly and conveniently, you will need know how to connect Brother printer to WiFi. This article is a step-by-step guide that can help you to easily connect your Brother printer with WiFi within some minutes.
Before you start the process of how to connect Brother printer to WiFi, you need to know about the name of your network, and of course, the passwords.
The process to reset the WiFi connection on your Brother printer
If you have already configured previously or attempted to configure the wireless connection, first of all, you must reset the wireless card.
If it’s your first time of getting connected to your printer to the WiFi, you just need to follow this guide to do the process with ease.
Here’s how we are starting the process of how to connect Brother printer to WiFi:
- First of all, you have to turn on your Brother printer.
- After that, you need to press Menu button located on the control panel of the printer.
- Next, just select Network and then press OK.
- Next, you need to select Network Reset and press OK.
- After that, just press Reset.
- Next, just select Yes.
Now, you have successfully reset the wireless card.
(Point to be noted: The screens can differ depending on the operating system and the Brother machine.)
The method of how to connect Brother printer to WiFi
- The first step towards how to connect Brother printer to WiFi is to turn your Brother printer on.
- After that, Press the Menu button on the control panel of the printer.
- Now, select Network and just press on OK.
- Next, you need to select WLAN and then press OK.
- Then, just select the Setup Wizard and press OK.
- Next, if you can see “WLAN Enable? “, just select Onto enable the network.
- After that, it will start searching, and then you need to choose the network name on the screen.
- Now, your printer will ask you whether you want to use the WPS. You have to select No.
- The next step is that you have to enter the password of the network.
- Lastly, just download and install your Brother printer software on your computer. Here you need to follow the on-screen instructions to successfully finish settings.
(Point to be noted: The screens can differ depending on the operating system and the Brother machine.)
Steps of Trouble-shooter for WiFi connection in the process of how to connect Brother printer to WiFi
- You have to make sure that your WiFi name and the password are correct
- Also, check that there are no interfaces between your devices
- You have to carefully check your network connection
- You need to try the Network Connection Repair Tool.
- Also, you have to make sure that your Brother printer has the latest and correct driver.
Try the Network Connection Repair Tool
This tool can help you recover your printer with very minimum user interaction. This facility is able to automatically locate and update the IP address of your Brother printer in the printer driver.
You can always download this tool in the Brother’s download section.
You need to make sure that your Brother printer has the correct and latest driver
If you can figure out that your printer driver needs to be updated, there are two methods by which you can update your driver easily.
Option 1: ( To do it Manually)– You’ll need some computer-related ideas, skills, and patience to update your drivers in this way because you need to search for exactly the right driver online, then you need to download it and install by following the steps.
Brother printers always keep updating the drivers. To get them, you have to go to the page called “Brother Driver Download Page” and find the drivers corresponding with your specific flavor of Windows version (such as Windows 32 bit) and then manually download the driver.
After you’ve downloaded the correct drivers for your system, you need to double-click on the downloaded file and then follow the on-screen instructions to successfully install the driver.
Option 2: (To do it Automatically – and it is recommended) – This is the easiest and quickest method to do the task properly. It can be done with just a couple of mouse clicks – easier even if you’re a computer newbie.
The process of setting up the wireless connection manually with the printer driver installed (Applicable for Windows)
To connect your Brother printer to a wireless network, you have to use the supplied AC adapter or Li-ion battery. If your Brother printer is powered by an alkaline or Ni-MH battery, you cannot connect it to a wireless network.
- Firstly, Make sure that the printer driver, Printer Setting Tool, and also the P-touch Editor are installed properly on your computer.
- Then turn on the printer.
3. After that, make sure the printer’s Wi-Fi LED is flashing.
If the Wi-Fi LED is not flashing then, just Press and hold the Wireless Mode button for one second to turn on the wireless mode. When the Wi-Fi LED is flashing, you can release the Wireless Mode button.
4. Next, connect the printer to the computer with the help of a USB cable.
5. After that, start the Printer Setting Tool on the computer, and click on Communication Settings
6. Then, In[Wireless Settings] in the [Wireless LAN] tab, do the following steps carefully:
i) Ensure that [Infrastructure] is selected for [Communication Mode].
ii) Then Enter the SSID (Network Name) that you used previously, or just click on [Search] and select the SSID from the list.
7. Now, you have to enter the password as [Passphrase] and click on [Apply]. Enter the appropriate [Authentication Method] and [Encryption Mode] settings for the wireless network.
8. Once the printer and the wireless router/access point are connected successfully, at that time, the printer’s Wi-Fi LED will stop the flashing, and then lit up again.
9. Now you have to make sure that the Editor Lite LED is off. After that, Start the P-touch Editor and select the printer from the list.
10. So, you can now easily edit and print labels wirelessly from your computer.
The method of setting up the wireless connection manually with the printer driver installed (For Mac)
If you want to connect your printer to a wireless network, you must use the supplied AC adapter or the Li-ion battery. If your Brother printer is powered by alkaline or Ni-MH batteries, then you cannot connect to the wireless network.
- First of all, you have to download the Full Software Package from the Download section of this website.
- Then just Double-click the downloaded file.
- After that, Open the [Utilities] folder and find the Wireless Device Setup Wizard.
4. Next, you need to Double-click [Wireless Device Setup Wizard app].
5. Now just follow the instructions given on-screen to set up the wireless settings between the printer and your wireless router/access point. Here you can try using a USB cable to complete the setup.
6. Next, you have to connect your computer to the wireless router/access point.
7. Make sure that the Wi-Fi function of the computer is activated properly.
Select the SSID that you had done in step 5. The connection between your computer and your wireless router/access point will be done.
If your computer is already connected to a Wi-Fi network, then just go to the next step.
8. Ensure that the Editor Lite LED is off. Then Start the P-touch Editor and just select the printer from the list.
9. You can now successfully edit and print labels wirelessly from your computer.
The bottom line
Therefore, following the steps mentioned above, it is clear how to connect Brother printer to WiFi without any trouble.
You must have a thorough knowledge of a device before connecting it to another device. To know more about such connection methods, you can try the blog How To Connect Airpods To PS4 – A Detailed Guide For You.
