I recently installed the Brother HL-2140 to my computer, everything came through, but I am not able to print. Rose

Re boot the computer with ,( wired or wireless printer?), the printer cable in the USB port in the laptop/desktop, the windows version you have will ID the device and try to load a driver, or Go to printer in the start menu and ADD a PRINTER the software will search for the attached printer. OR use the software that came with the printer, load into the Dell and follow the instructions.

check for the drivers,weater it is installed correctly

The Brother HL-2140 does not include duplex printing. The only option for double sided printing with this model is to print odd numbered pages, then manually replace the paper into the tray and print the even numbered pages in a second set.

Regards,
Dan

IT Professional

hello

printer becomes offline if it is turn off or the pc not recognized the printer.

solution: check the cable printer, transfer cable printer port to another port in your computer, if the problem still occurs re-install the printer driver.


thank you

It sounds like you haven't completely removed the old print driver. To do so, you must take the following steps:

1. Open Printers by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Hardware and Sound, and then clicking Printers.
   
2. Right-click the printer that you want to remove, and then click Delete.
   If you can't delete the printer, right-click it again, click Run as administrator, and then click Delete. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
   

Another way or removing the printer driver is this:

1. Delete the printer from control panel -> printers
2. Open Services.msc and stop and start the Print Spooler service
3. Open Print Management(Open command prompt, type in printmanagement.msc or type print management in to the start menu search box)
4. In Custom Filters -> All Drivers right click the printer driver you want to remove and select Remove Driver Package
5. Install new printer driver.

Now that you've removed the printer driver, you can go ahead and manually install the new printer driver.

To manually install you must follow the prompts carefully.
Follow the instructions in this link:
http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-install-local-printer

At the install the printer driver section, choose have disk and locate the printer driver that you want to be associated with this printer you are installing.

This should solve your problem.

Dear sir, I know what is problem? your toner cartridge is demage please change it also you re-install your old toner then quickly take a decission
Thanks
xptareq2000
wiz
all the best

Hi,

This is a common problem to your brother printer model 2140. You need to turn off your printer and take out the toner. Look for the side and you will see a small hole on both sides. This is the sensor. You need to cover it with electrical tape.

Here is a detailed video on how to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPCGZZIdXyM

Good luck and hope this helps you.

am not very sure but i think u should try go to printers and faxes through control panel open it and right click on your printer and select print on line

Make sure you are letting it warm up long enough.

Brother HL-2140 Support