Brother Hl-2170w Download Drivers For Mac

I recently purchased a Brother HL-2170W printer and configured it for wireless so that I can print from both my desktop and notebook. I installed the printer first from my desktop, and the printer works fine - it wakes up automatically on the print command. However, on my laptop, it is perennially in sleep mode and I have to go into BR Admin to change the command from Sleep to Ready. This drives me nuts. I'm using Windows XP Home for both computers.

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When I do manually change modes from Sleep to Ready, the printer works just fine. Wny won't it wake up automatically like the desktop printer does? What settings can I change? Thanks very much to anyone who can shed light on this. After many hours of troubleshooting, 30 minutes on hold with tech support, and 1 hour of handholding, the wonderful Brother tech support guy ('TSG') fixed my problem. Basically my machine was in 'deep sleep' or 'offline' for a long time and I couldn't wake it up.

I kept trying to pair my printer with my wireless router using the WPS button, but it was never going to work. Use these instructions: Wireless setup using the control panel. TSG had me print a settings page and look for an IP address.

Brother Hl 2170w Download Driver For Mac

There wasn't any IP address listed, therefore my machine was not on my wireless network, and none of the troubleshooting tools could fix the problem. I kept uninstalling and reinstalling the printer software, but it never worked because the network had to find the printer FIRST, and then I needed to (re-)install the software. What I had installed was corrupt because there was no network recognition of the printer. I had to find my network name (SSID) and password (security key), and enter that info using the tiny up/down buttons on the printer itself as part of the WLAN setup. Painstakingly tedious, but it worked.

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Once I did that, the printer settings report showed that I finally had a good connection with the WLAN as evidenced by the IP address that finally printed out on the report. At that point, I went to add/remove programs and uninstalled the Brother software, then I deleted the printer (right-click) from the Control Panel's printer device list. I then rebooted my PC, then downloaded and reinstalled the software from Brother's website. At that point I was able to print a test page. It's ridiculous how much time it takes to fix this stuff.

If you're having problems with any Brother printer, just call tech support right away. It's free, and definitely faster than all the time I wasted trying to figure it out myself. I'm sure this info was not detailed enough for some and too detailed for others, but hopefully it'll help to know it IS possible to solve this problem in less than 30 minutes.