How Do I Connect a Brother Printer to Wifi?

Brother is a Japanese company globally famous for manufacturing electronics and electrical equipment. In hardware, Brother offers a wide range of printer devices. These printers are robust and provide excellent printing services. New Brother printers offer both wired and wireless connection features. For PC, you can use the cable for direct connection. If you can’t use the cable, you can easily connect the Brother printer wirelessly.

Connecting Brother printer to Wi-Fi

New Brother printers have Wi-Fi connection features. Once you add the printer to Wi-Fi, you can easily connect the printer to any device on the same network. This feature is very helpful when you have multiple devices at home. Instead of connecting the printer to a PC, you can directly add it to the Wi-Fi. Now connect all the devices to the same Wi-Fi connection and then you can easily find the printer. But the printer Wi-Fi connection is not available for all printers. Check whether your Brother printer supports a Wi-Fi connection or not. If the printer supports a Wi-Fi connection, you can easily add it to the router and share it with other devices.

Steps to connect Brother printer to Wi-Fi

Go to the Brother printer and enable Wi-Fi
Printer’s Wi-Fi lamp will start blinking
Go to the router and restart the WPS pin
Now check the Brother printer screen
You will see all the available networks
Select your network and hit on Connect button
Enter the password and tap on Confirm

Your Brother printer will connect to the network. After connection, go to any device on the same network. Open a document and try to take a printout.

Connecting Brother printer to the PC wirelessly

You can also connect the Brother device to the PC wirelessly. This function is good when you can’t place the printer next to the PC. If your cable is faulty, you can take your printouts wirelessly.

Steps to connect Brother printer to PC wirelessly

Turn on your Brother printer
Enable the Wi-Fi button
Go to your PC and open Devices
Hit on Printers & Scanners
Now select Add a Device
Your PC will start searching for nearby devices
Wait until your Brother printer appears on the screen
Select the printer and hit on Connect button

Your printer will be connected to the PC. Now open a document and give a print command. Your Brother printer will start printing your documents.

Why is Brother printer showing offline issues?

Some users may face offline issues with Brother printers. After connecting the printer, it starts showing offline status and stops printing. This error mainly appears when the printer can’t communicate with the PC. But you may get this error due to various other reasons.

Check for Brother printer driver

If the printer says offline Brother then you should check the driver. Your printer needs a driver to communicate with the computer. If your computer doesn’t have the required driver, the printer will show offline status. Go to the connected PC and open the drivers' folder. Check the model name of your Brother printer. In the drivers' folder, check for the related driver. If you have the driver, check for new updates. Run the updates and restart the device. Again connect the printer and now check the printer status. If you don’t have the driver then you need to install it. You can find the driver on the Brother printer’s website. After installing, wait until your printer finds the driver. Now go to the PC and send a print command. Your printer will read the command and will start printing your documents.

Reset the Brother printer

Sometimes, Brother printers can show errors when the settings are invalid. The user may have made some changes to the settings. To fix the error, you need to undo the changes. Go to your Brother printer settings and check for errors. If you can’t find the wrong settings then use the reset option. Go to the Brother printer and open settings. Navigate to the Reset option and hit on Factory Reset. Tap on the Confirm button and the printer will reset. After the factory reset, you have to reconfigure your Brother printer to the network. Configure the printer and now check your printer status.

If your Brother printer is still showing the same error then you should ask for technical help.