20 Most Recent Brother MFC 490cw Color Inkjet Multi-Function Printer Questions & Answers

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Solution:
· Machine off
· Switch on the machine while holding down the “menu”button until all the leds are flashing on/off. Now you are in “maintenance” mode.
· Press 80
· Press the “mono start” button several times until you see “purge: xxxx”
· Press “2783” in order to reset the purge counter. You will see: “purge:0000”
· Press the "stop" button.
· Press “99” to exit the maintenance mode.

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If you are running Vista and SNMP is turned off
1. Check to see if SNMP is turned off this is a component of Vista
a- Control Panel
b- Program and Features
c- Left side of screen you should see turn windows features on or off
d- Click on this a window box should open scroll down and see if SNMP feature is checked if it is then turn it off (unchecked) follow these steps
e- Under printers select Brother MFC-940CW printer right click
f- Select run as administrator
g- Select properties
h- Select ports
i- Select button configure ports
j- Under port settings uncheck enable SNMP
k- Click ok printer should be on line
l- To find MAC address for MAC filtering on router
m- Run the brother remote setup program and note the IP address
n- Run the command prompt as an administrator at the prompt type the following “apr –a” without the quotes and then hit return and note the physical address (MAC) for the above IP address you noted. Log on to your router and enter the MAC address from the step above and save.
o- Run the brother remote setup program again and change TCP/IP from “auto to static” please note you must have box checked at the top of the window edit network settings.
p- Restart the computer

I just realised this is an old question. DO NOT phone that scam support number above. It is a wireless printer so you have to set up the wifi connection with SSID and WPA password. There is also an issue with this printer if you upgraded the the operating system on the computer.

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Press 1 key after pressing ok . should see connected on lcd screen pressing 1 applies your settings ! see http://download.brother.com/welcome/doc002386/mfc490w_usaeng_qsg.pdf page 31 this information is not in the user guide but rather in the quick setup guide hidden on the installation cd that comes with the printer !

Hello download the software here:http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc490cw_allPlease select your windows system 32 or 64 bit.Good luck

Please make sure that printer is turn on, before doing ensure you do power cycle of printer.

Add printer on Standard TCP/IP port.

Take a look at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSZNhEj3o4
This uTube video will walk you through the process.
Let me know if you have any problems or questions. Thanks.

The disconnect-problem was caused by the settings of the WiFi-router.
The settings are:
Capture(wlanadv.beacon) Beacon Interval: ( Capture(hwlad2.def) Default: 100, Capture(hwlad2.milli) Milliseconds, Capture(hwlad2.range) Range: 1 - 65535) Capture(wlanadv.dtim) DTIM Interval: ( Capture(hwlad2.def) Default: 1, Capture(hwlad2.range) Range: 1 - 255) Capture(hwlad2.frathrh) Fragmentation Threshold: ( Capture(hwlad2.def) Default: 2346, Capture(hwlad2.range) Range: 256 - 2346) Capture(wlanadv.rts) RTS Threshold: ( Capture(hwlad2.def) Default: 2347, Capture(hwlad2.range) Range: 0 - 2347)
This gives an optimal performance of the router, The default setting work fine for the printer, but gives less performance.
I now use a seperate wifi-router for the printer.
All is fine now.

This is due to the ink...Check you ink cartridges if they are still full of if the ink has dried out thats wht printing is not working

You can download the manual here: <a href="http://www.pdfsnatch.com/2013/05/brother-mfc-495cw-manual/">Netgear n300 manual</a>

Try to reset the printer and print the demo page

Hello! "No Station ID" means that your printer is in the mode "Transferring faxes to another fax machine" Brother has a Solutions Center. I add a link to this center, hope it will help you resolve this problem asap. United States Brother Solutions Center

Install the Brothers Paper Port program and see if that helps. Usually comes with CD you have with machine but can be down loaded...

I deleted all Brother programmes from by PC, cleaned the registry and used the Brother Uninstall programme first. (I restarted the PC after each deletion)
Then I reinstalled the latest Brother printer driver software without the PaperPort SE 11 programme.
Then I installed the Paperport programme separately.

It worked.

Thanks

You can restore all the settings you have changed to the factory settings. Press (Scan). Press a or b to choose Scan to Media. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Set New Default. Press OK and 1 to choose Yes. Press Stop/Exit.