Fixing Brother® Wireless Printer Goes Offline Issues

Read on to learn about Brother wireless printer goes offline issues.

There are a number of wireless printers from the Brother series. These printers are useful for business users and eliminate the need of wires or cables to make a connection. You can also keep these printers out of view with this feature and can perform most of your actions in the printer itself like printing, scanning, fax and more. You can send documents to print to the Brother wireless software from the Windows and Mac systems. But, it is possible that the printer goes offline sometimes. With this, you may not be able to perform your printing jobs thereafter. So, you need to take resolving steps to change the printer settings from offline to online mode.

Here are some tips to fix Brother wireless printers goes offline issues:

• Check the printer
• Fix for Windows System
• Fix for MAC system

Check the printer

As you find the Brother MFC665CW Wireless printer goes offline, you need to take some immediate basic steps. You need to turn off the printer and then turn on the printer again. You need to then set the Port of the printer to "raw" and then check the signal strength of the printer as well as the computer system. Final step is to remove the print queue and start printing to see whether the issue is resolved or not.

Fix for Windows System

If you are using the Brother DCP-6690CW - Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer for your Windows system, then you need to follow these steps to fix the offline issue. First of all, open the Start menu of the system and then navigate to the 'Printers and Faxes' icon. You need to then click the icon which will open a new window in the system. You will get a list of currently installed printers displayed in the new window. You, need to then select the Brother DCP-6690CW - Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer and double-click the icon. You will get a pop-up window with details of all current printing jobs. In these, you need to go to the printer in the menu bar and finally uncheck the "Use Printer Offline".

Fix for MAC system

If you have connected a Brother MFC-845cw Wireless Printer to a MAC system, then to resolve the offline issues, you need to follow these steps. In the Dock, open the System Preferences. Then, navigate to the Hardware category to get Print & Fax control panel. Then, select the Brother MFC-845cw Wireless Printer from the list displayed. Next step is to click the 'Open Print Queue' button and select the 'Resume Printer' button.

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