printer problems (Brother HL-2270-dw) with OS 15.1

Something to try, though I don’t have anything close to that configuration to test with:

That printer looks to be a dozen years old, and well predates AirPrint, which means it’ll need vendor drivers, or maybe the IPP/IPPS path will work.

To try using CUPS and IPP/IPPS printing, you will need the IP address information for the printer, and the following steps to enable and access CUPS:

• Launch Terminal app
• Paste the following command into the command line, and press return:

cupsctl WebInterface=yes

• Quit Terminal, and Launch Safari
• Visit localhost:631 and try to add your Brother printer there, using IPP/IPPS printing.

AirPrint is related to IPP/IPPS, and (like IPP/IPPS) is intended to eliminate the need for vendor printer drivers.

This is also why AirPrint is usually a feature usually recommended when selecting a printer for Apple platforms.

CUPS quick intro, and adding a printer using the web interface: https://www.cups.org/doc/overview.html

Detailed technical CUPS network configuration info: https://www.cups.org/doc/network.html

Brother printers are usually pretty good even without drivers, and are particularly good when AirPrint is available.

is your Mac intel, or apple silicon? my mom lost compatibility with your exact model brother printer after she upgraded her M2 MBA to sequoia. she bought another printer and gifted me the brother printer. I set it up using my Catalina boot drive. it was working correctly. and then, just for kicks, I tried it with sequoia. it works fine, but my Mac is intel based. so, I firmly believe that the issue is not sequoia alone, but it also seems related to an apple silicon incompatibility.

so if yours is apple silicon, you may have a few options available. one option would be to set up an external sonoma boot drive and boot into that when you need something printed. or you could roll back your macOS to sonoma so your printer once again works. or you could use your other Mac when you need to print something. and finally, you might want to replace the printer.

you're welcome.