Repeat the STEP 5 for all installed Brother machines and then drag the Brother folder. If you do not find Brother machine, go to STEP 6. Select the machine and click the ' - ' button which is located below the Printers section. Click the Print & Fax, Print & Scan or Printers & Scanners icon. If you do not find Brother machine, go to STEP 6. Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu. I spent the last few days trying to get the driver created and feel for those who have tried everything and nothing seems to work. Select the machine and click the '-' button which is located below the Printers section. I believe this is probably just one of several solutions but maybe helpful for some. Turn your Brother machines power off and unplug the machine from the.
Add my Brother machine (the printer driver) using Mac OS X. After adding the printer address a driver was created and listed in the print and fax window. 4 mar Add my Brother machine (the printer driver) using Mac OS X - To locate Print Fax, Print Scan or Printers Scanners and add. The Brother Solutions Center instructions explain how t find the printer address which are on pages printed during the set-up. I typed the address of the printer in the address line. I was instructed to use the default Protocol - Line Printer Daemon - LPD. If the HL-2170 driver isn't listed among printer drivers, + to add a printer. The instructions don't mention it necessary to address the printer in the print & Fax preferences in System Preferences. I called Brother and had to wait a long time but was connected to the Mac department and successfully finished installation. I did all this correctly and the driver still didn't list in my print preferences. It's in the Solution Center for FAQ's & Troubleshooting - Initial Setup - Macintosh - temporarily using a network cable to set up the printer.
To get the most functionality out of your Brother machine, we recommend you install Full Driver & Software Package. It is 32 pages long but really doesn't take to long. This download only includes the printer drivers and is for users who are familiar with installation using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows®. You can install that and then, for now manually setup the Network Configuration as instructed. The upgrade needs to be downloaded from the Brother website - "Brother Solutions Center" - Downloads - Drivers/Mac OS®X(10.6). The driver software that came with my recently purchased HL-2170 printer is outdated and won't work with Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6). My network is simple and maybe useful for home or home office set-up. Please contact Apple if you require support reinstalling the OEM Print System.I had a hard time adding the updated Brother HL-2170 driver for a simple computer to wireless printer network. Restart the Macintosh and reinstall the built-in drivers. Open Macintosh HD => Library => Receipts folder and remove any 'Brother*.pkg'.ġ1. Open Macintosh HD => Library => Printers => Brother => Utilities folder and remove the 'ControlCenter', 'DeviceSelector', and 'Server' folders.ġ0. Open Macintosh HD => Library => Preferences => Brother and remove any *.plist files.ĩ. Open Macintosh HD => Library => Image Capture => TWAIN Data Sources and remove the Brother 'TWAIN.ds'.Ĩ. Open Macintosh HD => Library => Image Capture => Devices and remove the Brother Scanner.ħ. Open Macintosh HD => Users => (home folder) => Library => Preferences => Brother and remove any *.plist files.Ħ. Click the ControlCenter icon in the Menu Bar at the top of your screen and select CLOSE.ĥ. Open System Preferences => Print & Scan, select your Brother machine in the Printer list and click the Minus below the list to remove it.Ĥ. For local users, disconnect the USB cable from the Brother machine.Ģ. If the bundled drivers have became corrupted by an attempted installation of Mac OS 10.6 or earlier drivers from the Brother Software CD-ROM or from the Brother Support website you will need to reinstall the OEM Print System.
If you installed the Brother CD-ROM Mac OSX 10.6 or earlier, then the bundled drivers included in OSX 10.7 could become corrupted and you will need to reinstall the Brother Driver package. The operating system will detect the printer and scanner and install the appropriate driver. Your Brother machine's printer driver is bundled into Apple's OSX 10.7.
The MFL-Pro Suite for Mac OS X 10.6 or earlier on the CD-ROM with your Brother machine IS NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.7.