Lost my Brother driver & can't install it back!

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Lost my Brother driver & can't install it back!

My set up:

* iMac Alu (early 2008)
* 10.5.3
* Brother HL 2030

The printing was stuck at 16% (again...) so I decided to remove the printer driver from it's folder (use>library>printer) to run the installation again.

But installing the driver again gave me a new problem:
I can't add a new printer because it's gone & no where to be seen! See this picture: http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8884/picture2rd0.jpg

Checking the 'custom installation' window during the installation shows me two files which are ZERO bytes?... See this picture: http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5552/picture1vj6.jpg

I just downloaded & installed the latest Apple's Brother driver (?) but still nothing yet.

What's going on here? When was installing a printer driver such a hassle?
Can anyone help me please?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jun 8, 2008 2:50 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 15, 2008 8:47 PM in response to ibookje

You're not the only one. The same here. My printer MFC-420CN got frozen several times and I decided to remove it from my Macbook. Then, I am seeing the same thing. No printer driver is found.
Can I reinstall printer driver from Leonard DVD?

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JMF

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Jun 15, 2008 9:21 PM in response to ibookje

Have you tried the "More Printers" option? My Oki printer does not show up unless I click that, THEN select the printer from the list. See if that works for you.

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Jun 15, 2008 10:36 PM in response to JMF

Thank you. I tried it many times, but saw only Canon, EPSON, and HP...

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Jun 18, 2008 9:05 PM in response to Wisegarage

Same problem. Two printers (Brother and Epson) attached directly to Mac are not now recognized, even though they were until just recently. Trying to Add printer shows only "Adobe PDF"?

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JMF

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Jun 18, 2008 11:41 PM in response to Pickleking

Open System Preferences-->Print&Fax-->On the left hand side, towards the bottom, click "+"-->At the top, click "More Printers"-->From the dropdown menu, is there an option for your printer brand and USB?

See if that works. That is how I have to install my OKI printer. It does not show up by default, and I have no idea why.

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Jun 21, 2008 11:12 PM in response to JMF

This doesn't work for me. When I clicked on the "+" in system preference/print & fax/other printers, I see only Canon, Epson, HP, and Lexmark. Not other brands.

Called Apple service center and went through a couple of other things such as printer driver install from the leopard DVD, but nothing worked. I even did "archive and reinstall", but the same thing...

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ibookje Author

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Jun 23, 2008 1:54 AM in response to JMF

This worked for me! Hooray!

I did re-install the printer drivers from my install DVD first though. Not sure if this step is necessary.

What happened:
* the driver I saw in System Preferences was the one that was plugged directly to my iMac when I configured.
* I had to 'ADD' the printer when I plugged it in to my Airport Express.

Thanks a lot!

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