Brother Ink News and Tips

Apple have today released a series of OSX Lion printer driver updates for HP, Brother and Samsung printers. The driver updates which are also compatible with OSX Snow Leopard adds support for newer printer models and fixes some bugs in older printer models from these three manufacturers. The update is available free of charge and is available from the 'software update' tool within OSX...

Overview This is one of Brother’s low-profile, inkjet all-in-ones. It includes a couple of interesting extras, such as its double-width LCD display and the paper tray which holds both plain and photo paper, but connects via USB only. Print speeds are a lot slower than Brother’s claims, but are not that far away from its main rivals. It produces reasonable text and graphics prints, though...

Overview The DCP-9045CDN is a versatile office workhorse from the Brother stable. It’s easy to use and turns out great results in all printing modes. It includes a thorough range of duplex options, including full double-sided copying. Double-sided scanning requires patience though, as it’s laboriously slow and despite its large physical size, the machine includes no fax facilities. Reasonably...

Brother's latest device has been designed to meet the printing needs of micro-businesses and entrepreneurs, according to the manufacturer. The HL-2130 A4 is a new addition to the firm's monochrome laser series and could appeal to small companies that already use toner cartridges, or persuade others to make the switch from ink cartridges. In a statement, Brother said the compact,...

In recent days, Apple have released a series of new printer drivers in a cumulative update for Mac OSX Snow Leopard. The update provides improved support for Brother printers, but will only download if you currently have a Brother Printer configured on your macintosh computer. This is because Mac OSX automatically downloads appropriate printer drivers over the web when you plugin the printer,...

In my continuous efforts to improve our services I have today been researching some Brother printers, and the faults that customers can come across....

In Japan, still the acknowledged leader of the global electronics industry, printer manufacturers Epson, Brother, Canon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (Japan) and Lexmark joined hands in April, 2008 to launch the Ink Cartridge Homecoming Project. Agreed after a year and a half of negotiations among the firms, this is a collaborative effort which oversees the collection and recycling of ink cartridges from home-based printers....

Printer maintenance is sometimes a confusing activity. We often advise people to try something that they do not understand... so we have compiled some helpful pointers to assist in the day-to-day running of your printer....

Brother Industries have just released their (and the industries) first A3 Multifunction inkjet printers.  In a ground breaking move, Brother have used their 'Tube Engine Technology' developed specifically for the commercial segment, the A3 MFC was downsized by separating the ink cartridge from the print head and connecting them via an ink supply tube, which has made miniaturization...

Brother Industries have unveiled three new Mono Laser printers.  The Brother HL-2035 Laser printer, Brother HL-2037 and Brother HL-2037e are cost effective Mono Laser printers.  Aimed squarely at the Home User Small Business user and pitched at a competitive price the printer is surprisingly quick for a low end laser printer, with an advertised print speed of 17ppm.  Given a 13 second warm up...