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Hi,
did anybody find a solution for using the Brother DCP-7030 with Big Sur via USB? Brother does not list a driver for Big Sur, nor does Apple have anything. The recommended iprint does recognize the printer, but says, it is not supported.
Thanks for your help!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1
Hello,
As indicated in the link provided by mulberry58, you may be able to use the macOS Catalina 10.15 driver for printing, if available. There have been reports about successful use of a Catalina driver for Big Sur with some other Brother models, so I suggest that you try it. Look upon this as an experiment; it may or may not work. It is wise to use a fresh download, and it may not be a bad idea to reset the printing system first (see link below). You will find the DCP-7030 download here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=dcp7030_all&os=10060
Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support
Hello,
As indicated in the link provided by mulberry58, you may be able to use the macOS Catalina 10.15 driver for printing, if available. There have been reports about successful use of a Catalina driver for Big Sur with some other Brother models, so I suggest that you try it. Look upon this as an experiment; it may or may not work. It is wise to use a fresh download, and it may not be a bad idea to reset the printing system first (see link below). You will find the DCP-7030 download here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=dcp7030_all&os=10060
Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support
Check it out: got it working on BigSur on the M1 MacBook Pro. Just went to the Brother downloads site and downloaded the latest driver (as mentioned above), even through it's on Catalina. Installed the printer driver, rebooted my machine, and the printer is there. The DCP-7030 is a black and white laser workhorse. So happy it continues to beat!
About your printer, I found this link https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/171587?R3ModelID=DCP7030&_ga=2.185139116.405256845.1608639563-871826323.1608639563
About scanning: you could try VueScan. There is a free trial
Hi,
this solved my problem. Thanks very much. The link as provided above (in the first answer) points to a similar solution. I did reset my printing system before installing the driver. Also scanning works well with the driver on the brother page (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadhowto.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=dcp7030_all&os=10060&dlid=dlf104746_000&flang=4&type3=10279)
Hi,
Thank you for this report. Glad to hear that it is working now.
Kind regards,
Jan
All good!
Hi,
Thank you for your report! Yes, it may be worth testing a macOS Catalina driver when drivers specifically for Big Sur are not available.
Brother DCP-7030
