How do You find the driver for my printer on your computer |
Posted: August 9, 2019 |
In computers, a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software on a computer that converts the data to be printed to a format that a printer can understand. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model. Printer drivers should not be confused with print spoolers that queue print jobs and send them successively to a printer. How do I find the driver for my printer on my computerWhen we install the printer driver by connecting the USB cable, the full installation of the Brother original printer driver may not have been completed and the windows built-in driver may have been installed instead. Since the built-in drivers only support the basic functions of the Brother machine, it is recommended to use the Brother original printer driver. Follow Step A to verify the kind of printer driver. If your printer driver is the built-in driver, follow Step B to replace the installed driver with the Brother original printer driver. Step A: Verify the kind of printer driver. 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound => Devices and Printers. 3. Right-click your Brother machine and select Printing preferences. 4. Check if there is an advanced tab or support button in the Printing preferences dialog box. Step B: Replace the installed driver with the Brother original printer driver. 1. Go to the Downloads section of this website and download the latest printer driver ("Printer Driver" or "Printer Driver & Scanner Driver for Local Connection" or "Printer Driver for Local Connection") and extract the downloaded file. 2. Open the Control Panel. 3. Click Hardware and Sound => Device Manager. 4. Select View => Show Hidden devices. 5. Click Printers. Right-click your Brother machine and select Update Driver Software. 6. Click Browse my computer for driver software. 7. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer and click Next. 8. Click Have Disk. 9. Click Browse. 10. Specify the directory you decompressed the downloaded file in Step1 and the INF file "brxxxx.inf". Click Open. 11. Click OK. 12. Confirm the Printers name is Brother xxxxxPrinter or Brother xxxxx series, and click Next. 13. The installation of the Brother original printer driver is complete. Click Close. How do I find printer drivers in Windows 10???Update the device driver 1. In the search box on the taskbar, enter device manager, then select Device Manager. 2. Select a category to see names of devices, then right-click (or press and hold) the one you’d like to update. 3. Select Update Driver. 4. Select Search automatically for updated driver software. 5. If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer's website and follow their instructions. Reinstall the device driver 1. In the search box on the taskbar, enter device manager, then select Device Manager. 2. Right-click (or press and hold) the name of the device, and select Uninstall. 3. Restart your PC. 4. Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver. Where can I Download Free Printer Driver?Visit your printer manufacturer's Web site and find the latest printer driver: 1. Find downloads or drivers section. 2. Find where you can select your printer make and model. 3. Find where you can select your Windows XP platform type. 4. Select the latest driver. If the latest driver is stored on your Windows computer, perform the following steps to install it: -> Open Control Panel -> Click Hardware and Sound -> Click Printers -> Right-click the printer whose driver you need to install, and then select Run as administrator -> Click Properties -> Click Advanced -> Click the New Driver tab, and then follow the onscreen instructions to install the driver.
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