How To Set Up My Brother Printer

Prepare your Brother machine on a wireless network

1. Before you set your Brother machine

You must find out the wireless network settings of your wireless router or access bespeak. Bank check and write down the electric current wireless network settings beneath (you will demand this information later):

Network Name (also known every bit "SSID" or "ESSID")
Network Key (also known as "Password", "Security Key", or "Encryption Primal")

How to find the Network Name (SSID) and Network Key (Password)

Check the base or side of your wireless router or access signal.
See the documentation provided with your wireless router or access bespeak.

Brother cannot provide this information. If you cannot find your wireless Network Name and Network Key, contact your Internet service provider or router manufacturer.

If you cannot find the Network Name (SSID) and Network Central (Password) of your wireless router or access point, see the following FAQs:

For Windows users

> Click here to see to detect the wireless security data for Windows.

For Macintosh users

> Click here to see to detect the wireless security information for Macintosh.

After checking the network information of your wireless router or access point, get to step 2 to gear up your machine on a wireless network.

If your wireless router or access signal uses WEP encryption with multiple WEP keys, write down and apply only the first WEP key.

2. Ready a Brother machine on a wireless network

When you have located the wireless network settings of your wireless router or access point, fix your Blood brother machine every bit described in the setup video below.
> Click here to run across the text-based instructions.

Video Instructions

*The video clip is existence streamed from YouTube.

How to use the buttons:
	Starting time the video
	Skip the video
	Stop the video
	Restart the video

Text-based Instructions

To ready upwardly your Brother car on a wireless network:

Connect the power cord to your Blood brother machine and then connect it to an electrical socket.
Plow your Brother machine on.
PrintingCarte du jour push on the motorcar'south command panel.
Press the Up or Down arrow key to select Network and press OK.
Press the Up or Downwardly arrow key to select WLAN and press OK.
(This step may not apply to all machines.)
Press the Up or Downwardly arrow key to select Setup Wizard and press OK.
When WLAN Enable? appears, select Yes to enable the wireless network.
This will commencement the wireless setup sorcerer.
The machine will search for your network and display a listing of bachelor Network Names (SSIDs).
When a list of SSIDs appears, press the Upwards or Down arrow keys to select the SSID y'all wrote down before, and and then press OK.
Practise i of the following:
- If using an hallmark and encryption method that requires the Network Key (Password)
  Enter the Network Key, then press OK to apply your settings. Select Yes to apply the settings.
- If your hallmark method is Open up System and your encryption way is None
  Get to the side by side step.

The machine tries to connect to the wireless network you have selected.

If your Brother machine connected successfully

If the connexion failed

The car'southward LCD displays Connected.

Connected

The machine volition print a wireless connexion report. Cheque the mistake code on the printed report.
The car volition print a wireless connection study. Check the fault code on the printed report.

Connection failed

The motorcar will print a wireless connection study.

ConnectionOK

For more than information about mistake codes and solutions, click here.

3. Download and install your Brother motorcar'south software

After setting up your Blood brother machine, you must install the driver. To download the commuter:

For Windows users

Go to the Downloads department of this website and download the Full Driver & Software Packet. Follow the installation instructions on the download folio.

For Macintosh users

Go to the Downloads section of this website and download the Total Software Package. The installation instructions are available on the download page.

If you do not detect Full Software Bundle, download Printer Driver and Scanner Commuter. Follow the installation instructions on the download page.

If you do not find Printer Driver and Scanner Driver, we recommend using AirPrint.
> Click here to see how to add your Brother automobile with AirPrint.

If your machine does not back up AirPrint, download Brother iPrint&Scan from the App Store.

If you lot accept completed the setup process but cannot connect,refer to listed below.

> Click hither to run into Wireless Network Troubleshooting for Windows.

> Click here to see Wireless Network Troubleshooting for Macintosh.

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MFC-L2700DW, MFC-L2700DWR

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