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#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 DRIVER#
#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 PC#

Choose the ‘Uninstall’ option after right-clicking on your printer application. There all the applications will be displayed.

Now hit Windows + R on your keyboard, write ‘appwiz.cpl’ in the dialogue box that appears, and press Enter.

After you have uninstalled the device, now is the time to remove the printer application.

Right-click on your Brother printer from the ‘Print queues’, click on the ‘Uninstall device’ option.

Once done with that, again press Windows + R and type ‘devmgmt.msc’.

You will find all your printers listed there right-click on your Brother printer and then select the option ‘Remove device’ option.

In the control panel, click on the ‘Devices and Printers’ option.

Using your keyboard, press Windows and R and then type ‘Control Panel’ press ‘Enter’ to open it.

To uninstall and reinstall your Brother printer, follow the given directions carefully:

#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 DRIVER#

Solutions for the Error ‘Brother Printer Driver is Unavailable’ Method-1 Reinstall the printer You can easily troubleshoot the issue on your own if you apply the given directions properly. the driver is unavailable and you are not able to print normally with your Brother printer, this guide has covered all the available fixes for you. So if you are also facing this error i.e. But there can be several instances where the printer says the driver is unavailable even if the driver is already installed. The same is the case with the Brother printer driver that has to be installed to properly receive the data or print command sent by your computer. A printer driver is designed in such a way that it aids your printer in communicating with the computer. That is all there is to it and I hope this helps someone.Brother printer allows for spotless printing only when accompanied by the right driver. If all went well, the system should respond with “Ok”.

Even if you utilized the command to run the Command Prompt as Administrator, if the title bar does not say Administrator, then you are NOT running the Command Prompt as an Administrator. This means that your command prompt title bar MUST say Administrator. Make sure you are at an elevated command prompt. Of course you MUST enter the command EXACTLY as I have typed it below: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Br Scanner Port 54925" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=54925 Example Get to an elevated command prompt, and type the following command. Here is the command I used to fix my problem.

#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#

Apparently, the recent Windows Update removed this rule.Īlthough it is possible to put the rule into Windows Firewall using the interface provided by Microsoft, I like working from the command prompt. After investigating on the internet and the Brother printer site I found that UDP port 54925 needed an inbound rule in Windows Firewall, to allow scanning from the scanner. For more info, contact your administrator.Īfter turning off the Windows Firewall, I could once again scan from the scanner to the PC. If your device is connected to a network, network policy settings might prevent you from completing these steps. To turn it on, under Microsoft Defender Firewall, switch the setting to On.If there’s an app you need to use that’s being blocked, you can allow it through the firewall, instead of turning the firewall off. Turning off Windows Defender Firewall could make your device (and network, if you have one) more vulnerable to unauthorized access. To turn it off, under Microsoft Defender Firewall, switch the setting to Off.Select the Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security and then Firewall & network protection.To turn Microsoft Defender Firewall on or off: To verify this I temporarily disabled the Windows Firewall.įirst, you should check if this is your problem by temporarily turning off Windows Firewall. I suspected a firewall setting had been removed by a recent Windows Update. However, I could not scan when standing at the scanner.

#BROTHER SCANNER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10 PC#

I could scan by going to the PC and using Brother utilities. Recently after a Windows update (I’m using version 1909 build 18363.836) I could no longer scan from the scanner to the PC. For example, I could scan a document from the printer/scanner to my local PC without a problem. I have a Brother HL-2280DW printer/scanner which has been working perfectly for several years.