Why Does My Brother Printer Say Driver Unavailable?

When you face an error like the brother printer driver is unavailable, all of a sudden your printer will also stop working. These kinds of issues should be fixed instantly, let’s explore the methods to fix these errors.

Why does ‘brother printer unavailable’ pop up message appear?

Most commonly for two reasons this kind of error messages will pop up and that can be fixed too.

  • When we are using the printer driver which actually does not belong to the specific model you are having can result with this message.
  • The second one is because you are using the outdated version, this can give a result like this.

Fix this issue in a simple way:

Set your account control settings as follows:

  1. Your UAC account must be logged in by you as an administrator.
  2. Click on the user account, then  tap change user account control settings.
  3. Set never notify in the 3rd level or 4th level. Finally, click on the ok button.

Reinstall the printer driver:

First you will have to uninstall the brother printer driver and then ‘reinstall brother printer driver’. After doing so, check whether your error is solved.

If your printer is plugged into computer, follow the below steps:

  • Unplug the printer from your device, connect it again and follow the instructions in wizard.
  • If the wizard does not appear, click start, then tap on the settings. Click on the devices and select either add printer or scanner.
  • The system will detect your printer, then you will have to follow the on-screen instruction to set it up without error.

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