The in Printers & Scanners I clicked “Add a printer or scanner” and it immediately discovered the printer. addresses were already in use on our router), giving me something like 192.168.0 150. Within the tiny menu system I checked that is was set for Ethernet LAN, and found that the “Boot Method” was set to Auto (should be fine, no?) but the IP Address was reporting as 169.254.002.090 – wassat then? That’s not going to work on my network! I changed it from “Auto” to “Static Mode” then set the IP Address to a known free address on our network after checking what i.p. I uninstalled and reinstalled all drivers and Brother software, no change.įrom the Brother “Network User’s Guide” (cv_hl3140cw_eng_net.pdf) I learned that network settings could be altered on the control panel of the printer itself, so that’s what I tried next (after removing the printer entirely from Windows “Printers & Scanners” using “Remove device”). Permanently offline no matter what troubleshooters etc I ran. But when I returned the printer to its ethernet cable – nothing. I cancelled out, plugged the printer in via USB instead of LAN, and let it try again. ![]() And, as we all know, the internet is full of reports of Brother firmware updates bricking printers after getting stuck at 90%, so I was not best pleased. This morning my printer alerted me to a firmware update.
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