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    Brother Printer Not Printing

    Brother printers are very reliable devices. Known for their reliability, you will rarely face an issue of Brother Printer not Printing but if you are facing such problems, stop looking for “My Brother printer is not printing”. Here is the step-by-step guide to fix this issue. Just follow it step by step and very carefully without skipping any step to fix the issue of Brother printer not working

    Causes why brother printer won’t print

    There can be various reasons for Brother printers not working, here are a few of the very common causes behind the issue 

    Software issues and Driver problems

    There is a fault with the printing software which is not letting the printer print. There might be an issue with the printer driver. It can be a minor glitch or the printer driver for your brother’s printer might have become outdated

    Hardware failures

    There is some part of your printer which has become faulty resulting in brother printer not working

    Network connection

    The connection of your printer to the computer and the wifi has been lost or the network strength of your wifi computer is not good which can be why Brother printer wont print

    Paper jams

    There is a paper jam in your printing system causing the printer to fail to print

    Solutions for Brother Printer not printing

    • Open the Windows computer and press the windows and “R” buttons together to open the run command box or press the Windows logo and on the search box type “run” to open the run command
    • Type “control” on the search box of the run window to open the control panel
    • A lot of icons will appear on the screen. Look for “Devices and printers” and click on it
    • Then, enter “control” in the given area and press the OK button.
    • When you open “devices and Printers”, a list of devices already connected and in range of connection will appear, look for the brother printer not printing
    • Right-click on the brother printer and a menu will appear 
    • On the menu, select “Set as default device”
    • after setting it to default, you will now have to restart Print Spooler
    • Press the Windows button along with the “R” to open the Run command box again
    • On the run command box, type “Services.msc” and click on the ok button
    • Look for “Pint spooler” from the list of services you have seen on your Windows computer screen
    • Right-click on the “Print spooler” to see the full menu 
    • You have to start the print spooler from the menu, to start the print spooler, click on start
    • Right-click on it again and select “properties” from the drop-down menu
    • You will see the startup type, you need to change the startup type to “Automatic” startup type
    • After changing the startup type to automatic, click on OK
    • First of all, move to your keyboard and then click on the Windows logo and R button simultaneously to open the Run command.
    •  The next step is to clean the printer paper jam. Your Brother printer will not print if there is a paper jam in your printer
    • To clear the paper jam, first plug the power cord out and turn the printer off 
    • Take a torch and look for shreds of papers and derbies inside the computer
    • If you see that a piece of paper is stuck inside, take it out gently
    • Clear all the dust inside the printer and clean the rollers
    • The paper jam will be cleared and we now will have to move to the next step of downloading and updating the printer driver
    • To download the printer driver, go the the official website of Brother printer
    • On the website, look for “Support and download” and click on it
    • Search for your printer on the same page
    • If you do not know the model name of your printer, you can also search from your device type
    • When you see your printer in the menu, click on it 
    • A list of software and drivers available for your Brother printer will appear
    • Select the driver and download it 
    • After the driver is selected, it will download automatically 
    • Run the installation file and run a print test.

    After following the step-by-step guide carefully, you will be able to fix the issue of brother printer not printing.

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