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I can click in it and select the IP address there, but I can't type. The helpful Network Connection Tool shows a dialogue in which it wants me to type in the IP address of the printer, but I can't activate the field and type. Now the software is installed but doesn't launch. Unfortunately, I can't go back any farther than that. I threw up my hands and ran a System Restore to a couple of days before I switched interfaces on the Brother. I made _some_ registry backups, but not enough.
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The software wouldn't install _at all_ throwing up various inscrutable errors like "the parameter is incorrect." The bottom line was many of the necessary utilities like the Scanner software and that ControlCenter didn't install properly. I should have guess this like everything else in this adventure, this too would fail. It's a method I've used to force a complete reinstall of the software dozens of times over the years.) (When I say I've done this before, I am not kidding.
I find usual stuff, nothing out of the ordinary. I scour the registry and hard drive for references to Brother. He also doesn't know how I fix the issue of two printers showing up in ControlCenter.Īt this point, I'm getting pretty steamed because this is supposed to be so simple and yet here I am two hours later with the same problems.Įventually, I do what I've done in many instances in the past. why not? I guess?) and it's clear the tech is used to dealing with people to whom the word "download" is the same as "install." I try to follow his directions but it's clear he doesn't know of a way to completely remove the Brother utilities. Once done, ControlCenter showed two MFC-L5800DW and I'm having trouble getting the scanning profiles to save correctly. Nevertheless, I ran those tools and reinstalled the software.
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Another tool uninstall the WIA drivers for the printer and scanner. However, that did not uninstall everything. A KB article pointed me to a tool inside Brother's utilities.
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There is no entry in Programs and Features nor in the newer Windows 10 utility. Reboots of the printer and what not did not help.Īt this point, I search for a way to uninstall the Brother software. Pings to the printer worked so I know the printer was on the network and responding. I ran their little Network Connection Tool which identified "a problem" and then reported that the "problem" was "fixed" but it actually did not fix anything. I decided to go in, disable the WLAN on the Brother printer, enable the Ethernet port with the same static IP as the WLAN, and confirm printing and scanner work.Īfter I switched the interfaces in the Brother printer, the Control Center software could no longer see the printer. I would have preferred they let me know that scanning was an issue before they spent money having someone fix the Ethernet port, but not much I can do about that. I wasn't sure.Ī few days later, the client calls me to say that they weren't able to scan and that they had someone come in to connect the Ethernet port. I setup the printer wirelessly but remarked to the user it might be a little pokey sending scans. The only unusual thing about the install was the office had an Ethernet port that was not live. This message is a Hail Mary, the last thing I do before I format the laptop's hard drive, reinstall Windows 10 and all applications, and go to a bar.Ī week and a half ago, I setup a Brother MFC-L5800DW printer at a site.
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