Printer can't be used, says it "has no driver".
Doesn't appear in the list of printers when I try and print.

Device manager- update driver. "You can't update the driver as it is the correct one."

Is there a room full of geeks somewhere who deliberately do this for their collective amusement?
Do they look at normal folks a bit like how men smile and nod at each other when women talk all retarded about cars?

I mean how bloody hard is it? I plugged it into the last 3 PCs and 2 laptops and it just worked. Different computer now, NUP.

If you are trying to use a printer as a computer then maybe that's the problem?

It is probably just a driver issue, type in your Printer model number and install the specific drivers relevant to your operating system if that is the problem.

Make sure it is listed as your default printer or you select during printing, you will probably have a few.

Planned obseleneceismvaginaprgamaticpaooakusm

Your **** works then it is useless - buy the new one

I feel your pain. I just went through this. Took me about two months to solve.
Let me guess, your new operating system is Mac Big Sur?

Mark _australia said..
It will be in the middle of the bloody front garden in a minute.

I admit defeat.

Just buy a new printer, your ink is tainted

for all the dummies complaining about Dry "ink"

You gotta use it NOW

****n dry inkers sound like heroin sea gulls

I gave up on inkjet printers year's ago.
The ink is way expensive and because I don't print a lot the nozzles clog up and the ink dries
Now I have the cheapest mono laser print and a seperate scanner. The cartridges last for ever and the scanner is much higher quality than the all in one units.
If I'm printing photos I go to a place where they have a really good printer
If I really need a colour document I get it printed at Officeworks's

IanR said..
I gave up on inkjet printers year's ago.
The ink is way expensive and because I don't print a lot the nozzles clog up and the ink dries
Now I have the cheapest mono laser print and a seperate scanner. The cartridges last for ever and the scanner is much higher quality than the all in one units.
If I'm printing photos I go to a place where they have a really good printer
If I really need a colour document I get it printed at Officeworks's

This is the Go
mono Laser printer
If you want a colour doc. go to a store that prints.
If you want tec help... $$

Why do so many people still use inkjets when laser is so much cheaper?

Harrow said..
Why do so many people still use inkjets when laser is so much cheaper?

To print surf decals on proper thin rice paper for a start The heat of laser can screw stuff up.

In this case, because I don't think we should have to buy anew thing every 5mins. This is a high quality printer. Just that computers are fk stooopid.
You need a driver. No you don't, you have one. God's sake

Harrow said..
Why do so many people still use inkjets when laser is so much cheaper?

Why not both. I have Brother laserprinters and Brother Inkjets. Laser for most things and the inkjets for colour. The Brother printers seem to be fine with refilled cartridges and I have both refilled them myself or swapped them at the local inkjet cartridge store.

The cheaper printers are junk though. I have a HP which I think cost all of $49. Cheaper than the replacement ink cartridge and it needs one for all the colours, whereas the Brother inkjets use a separate tank for each colour and black.

To answer Mark's question, you can override the driver that is automatically detected and tell the PC to get one from elsewhere, and then you direct it to where the local driver is already stored, or the one you downloaded. By default it will try and use the latest one but this will avoid that.

These sorts of things are why some people still pay for PC support and/or buy business grade equipment where its more likely that drivers are better tested ;-)

Why did I just read that whole thread?

S018 said..

This is the Go
mono Laser printer
If you want a colour doc. go to a store that prints.
If you want tec help... $$

Could just ask LeeD
Could have had it fixed toot sweet ..
Ive heard he invented the nets.