Printer not working with Windows 11? This could be why
Ditch USB connections or Windows 11, at least for the time being, warns Brother
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Japanese manufacturerBrotherhas warned users that many of itsprintersmay not work withWindows 11when connected via USB.
BleepingComputerpoints to an article in Brother’s support section that clearly points out that updating toWindows 11could throw all sorts of errors, preventingMicrosoft’s newestoperating systemfrom communicating with Brother printers connected via USB.
Brother states that the issue impacts bothinkjetandlaserprinters in its portfolio, withBleepingComputerpegging the number of impacted printers to over 90.
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Brother is reportedly investigating the issue and working on a resolution, though the company hasn’t published a timeline for resolving the issue.
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In addition to failing to detect USB connected printers, Brother states that users might also face issues while changing the settings of their USB connected printers, or perhaps will be unable to connect multiple printers via USB.
Even if detected, Brother warns that the USB connected printers might fail to communicate with various printing tools and utilities in Windows 11.
While Brother works to solve the issue, it suggests that affected users explore other mechanisms for hooking up their Brother printers to Windows 11, perhaps through the network.
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For its part, Microsoft hasn’t yet publicly acknowledged the issue, thoughBleepingComputersuggests that the software giant may place a safeguard hold on computers hooked up to a Brother device in order to prevent them from upgrading to Windows 11.
Microsoft is reportedly alreadyinvestigating eight other issues, and has already placed safeguard holds for them.
Microsoft has been grappling with printer-related issues ever since the discovery, and thesubsequent botched fixesof the printer-spooler vulnerabilities collectively known asPrintNightmare, and it appears that it’s printing woes will linger for a little longer.
ViaBleepingComputer
With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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