I have the Brother MFC-7820, I just purchase a laptop with a Windows Vista. I am unable to use the printer. What do I do?

You can download the drivers from the links below:
1. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows Xp 32 bit
2. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows Xp 64bit
3. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows Vista 32 bit
4. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows Vista 64 bit
5. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows 7 32 bit
6. Brother Mfc-260c driver Windows 7 64 bit

If your operating system isn't included in the above listed, do let me know with the name of the Operating System.

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Why mess around just change the Vista PC to windows 7 then all be ok.

Excellent question. Wish I had the answer. I have the same problem with the MFC-7440N. I hook up my old HL 1240 and it prints them fine, so I now use two printers - one for envelopes and one for normal printing. I contacted Brothers and was told that it was not the printer, but the Application. If so, then why does my old Brothers printer work? They do not have the answer.

Yes you can. Download the drivers from the brother website. brother.co.uk

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download the driver and install it ...

http://solutions.brother.com/mfc7820n_all/en_us/

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Try this Brother link to uninstall the software and download the full version.

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/agreement2.aspx?c=sg&dlfile=http://a1295.g.akamai.net/f/1295/16381/5m/brother.download.akamai.com/16377/welcome/dlf002711/440INST-B.EXE&lang=English&prod=mfc440cn_all&osname=win_vista&viewmode=0&guid=261a0754-cd5d-48c2-bf70-4ff77e1a5fb7

This is the link for Vista drivers for MFC 440cn

We have multiple 7820s in our office. This would be a configuration problem with your windows XP computer. From the XP computer, open a command prompt and type "ping x.x.x.x" where x.x.x.x is the ip address of the 7820n. Make sure you get four successes. I would then uninstall the brother software and drivers and go to "printers and faxes" in the control panel and manually add the printer.

To manually add a network printer, with it's own print server, on Win XP:

1 Click "Add Printer"
2 Select "Local Printer Attached to this computer"
3 Deselect "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer" then click "Next"
4. Click "Create a new port" and select "Standard TCP/IP" from the drop down. Click "Next". this will open TCP/IP Wizard
5. Type in Printer IP Address next to IP Address (Port name will autopopulate) and click "Next"
6. If wizard finds printer, it will show you "Finish" button. If you get a "Additional Port Information Required" window, something is wrong with your printer or windows xp network configuration.
7. When the TCP Wizard window closes, it will take you back to Add Printer Wizard. Select "Have Disk" and navigate to the \USA\WXP\Addprt directory on your Brother Drivers disc.
8. Select brxpadd.inf and click "Open" then click "OK"
9. Select "Brother MFC 7820 N Printer" from the list and click "Next"
10. Select name of printer, whether you want a default, print test page and DONE!

go to brother.com website and download vista drivers and software for the 240

search brother homepage of your country and download the vista drivers. www.brother.com

I had work done on my laptop. I have a Brother MFC 7820N printer, scanner,fax,copier. I cannot find my cd for setting the drivers to have my laptop use the 7820N. Where can I pull the information down on line to enable my laptop to use my printer?

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