

- #HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR INSTALL#
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- #HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR SOFTWARE#
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Either that, or I was doing a lot more printing than I thought I was doing! Print Speed You’re done! The only bad news is, the cartridges that come with it don’t seem to last very long. Open the front door, slide the tray out and insert the various color. Personally, I recommend the Ethernet route over the wireless, because wireless configuration can be a tad finicky at times.Īdding the toner cartridges is as simple, or more, than other color lasers. You unbox it, put it where you want, and plug it in for power, and optionally ethernet or USB. With the exception of the fact that this printer is about 80 pounds, physically setting it up is actually pretty easy. And only if you are a power user who is really good at solving networking problems.
#HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR SOFTWARE#
If I compare this software installation process to the Canon multi-function printer’s software, I’d give this one a “D-“. I was able to get this to work on the Mac with no problem, but could not make it work on any of the Windows machines no matter what I tried.

The machine has a “Scan to…” function which allows you to walk up to it, put in a document, and from the menu on the printer choose to scan the document and send it to one of your configured computers.
#HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR MANUAL#
It at least allowed me to get the software installed, though I still had to make the manual modifications to the settings.īy the time I had wasted about 3 hours on the machine I was able to use all of the printer and scanner functionality except one thing.
#HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR INSTALL#
I had to fully uninstall the software, and then I had to use an almost unnoticeable setting in the install CD to “repair” the installation. On the desktop Windows machine, the install failed mid-way through and gave a cryptic error message that was less than helpful. This was the case regardless of if I used the wired Ethernet or WiFi to connect the printer to the network. I had to go in and manually configure the printer port to use the printer’s IP address. The problem is, even though the software can easily and routinely find the printer… it could never connect to it using the printer name. On two laptops the installation completed successfully and during the setup I was able to see the printer and select it. However, the Windows installations were all three a nightmare. The MacBook installation went best, but not without issues.

I installed the printer to work on three different Windows machines and one MacBook laptop. Software installation is a bit of a nightmare.
#HOW TO SET MY BROTHER MFC J5910DW PRINTER TO COLOR OFFLINE#
