After printing from the same computer for many days, the computer fails to recognise the printer. Changed the printer to another computer still behaved the same after some days.
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Reinstall the printer drivers again and see if the problem corrects itself or if you prefer roll the computer back to when the printer worked using System Restore. If this fails to correct the Issue time may have come for a printer upgrade unless this is a high end business printer, then have it repaired, home units are dirt cheap right now.
Unfortunately I think that the Ink has dried up in all the lines, head etc. If you aren't going to use a printer for a little while you MUST remove all cartridges & run "Clean Mode" before storing away. If you don't then you run the risk irreparably ruining your printer.
1. If you use buttons on the printer to scan, check your firewall settings. Make sure the "program control" settings allow the printer files. Google your firewall and printer model to get the file names and specific instructions.
2. Check your firewall settings anyway (program control and trust control -- ip address of printer should be trusted).
3. You said your printer worked for a few days. If you're running Spybot on all your computers that might explain why your printer drivers worked for a while and quit. Spybot is a good program, but it sometimes displays scary messages about something having tried to change the registry. The message comes up on a restart--sometimes several days after installing a good program. User selecting "no" disables newly installed (good) program.
If all else fails reinstall the driver on every machine, restart immediately and pay close attention to any firewall or spybot quesions. Search your computer, then Google anything you're asked before answering it.
Does you PC recognise the printer?
Did you recently changed the USB connection to another port?
Try reinstalling the drivers, 9 out of 10 times this helps.
Spoke to soon. the supplied disc failed working the next day.
I think your problem is your firewall!.
Disable the firewall and see if you can print / start it scanning from the brother control center.
If so you know its a firwall prob.
I gave up on trying to configure Norton to recognise it.
I uninstalled Norton Internet Security and then reinstalled it after making sure the printer was printing and the scanning etc could be started. Working fine so far ( a few hours). I am reasonably confident that this will be ok. If the machine has already communicated with the printer then Norton recognises this and allows it. If however the first time you try is after installing Norton it will block it!
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