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How to Install a Brother Printer on Windows

Navigate to the Brother Support Page

Type in the model of your printer and click search

A Brother website displays a search bar for model names, with "7360" entered and a "Search" button ready to be clicked.

 

Select the correct version of windows and click OK

A webpage displays the

 

Under the Drivers section select Print Driver then accept and download the driver A table lists available printer drivers, with one entry highlighted in a red box. A screenshot of a Brother software download page shows the steps to download a printer driver, including checking

 

The download should pop up at the top of the browser, if not open it from your downloads folder and then click decompress

A browser window shows a download progress bar for a file named "Y10E_C1-gdi-64-D2.EXE". A dialog box titled "ZIP Self Decompression" prompts the user to select a destination folder for decompression.

 

Right-click the “Windows” icon at the bottom of the screen and click “Settings”. Then Select “Bluetooth & devices” and then select “Printers & scanners”.

A Windows search interface displays

 

 

Select add device and then add device manually

A computer settings screen

A computer settings

 

 

Select add printer with IP address and click next

A Windows dialog box for

 

 

Choose TCP/IP from the drop down, enter the IP address, uncheck the box and click next

A Windows dialog

 

 

Click have disk, then browse

This Windows dialog box A dialog box titled "Install From Disk" prompts the user to insert a manufacturer's installation disk and select the

 

 

On the left select Downloads then the newest folder either 64 or could be called GDI, then open the AMD64 folder and select one of the setup files and click openA file explorer window shows a user navigating through a "Downloads" folder, specifically within a "64" subfolder,

 

 

Click OK, select your model from the list and then click next

A dialog box titled "Install From Disk" prompts the user to insert a manufacturer's installation disk and select the This is a screenshot of the "Add Printer Wizard" in Windows, where a user is presented with a list of available printer

 

 

Name the printer or keep it as the default name and click next

A dialog box titled "Add Printer" prompts the user to type a printer name, with "Brother Printer" pre-filled in the

 

 

Decide if you want it to be your default printer then print a test page and click finish

A Windows dialog box confirms

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