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Brother hl-2030 with Mac Air 2015 (Big Sur)

I want to use Brother hl-2030 with Mac Air 2015 (Big Sur). It is possible?

MacBook Air

Posted on Dec 24, 2020 4:16 PM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2020 5:14 PM

Hello,


Your question appears to be macOS Big Sur-related, so I cannot see any reason why you should not at least try to find an answer here.


The HL-2030 is supported on OS X 10.10 and lower.

https://support.brother.com/g/b/spec.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl2030_all

However, we have seen examples of successful use of a macOS Catalina 10.15 driver with other unsupported models. A Catalina driver would be 64-bit, and may therefore work even with macOS 11 Big Sur. Look upon this as an experiment. It may or may not work with your printer.


First of all, reset the printing system.

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support


What happens if you carry out a test with, for example, an HL-2130 version 1.5.0 driver for macOS Catalina 10.15?

https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl2130_all&os=10060

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Dec 24, 2020 5:14 PM in response to keny2412

Hello,


Your question appears to be macOS Big Sur-related, so I cannot see any reason why you should not at least try to find an answer here.


The HL-2030 is supported on OS X 10.10 and lower.

https://support.brother.com/g/b/spec.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl2030_all

However, we have seen examples of successful use of a macOS Catalina 10.15 driver with other unsupported models. A Catalina driver would be 64-bit, and may therefore work even with macOS 11 Big Sur. Look upon this as an experiment. It may or may not work with your printer.


First of all, reset the printing system.

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support


What happens if you carry out a test with, for example, an HL-2130 version 1.5.0 driver for macOS Catalina 10.15?

https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl2130_all&os=10060

Brother hl-2030 with Mac Air 2015 (Big Sur)

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