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Brother MFC 9600 -- getting it to work with Windows XP Pro?

This is driving me nuts. I have all my computers now on Windows XP Pro but the driver or whatever for my Brother MFC 9600 multifunction printer/fax/copier does NOT work properly. It intermittently will print a document correctly -- meanwhile, it frequently spits out pages and pages of garbage when I try to print.

Help! Has Brother given up on keeping its old stuff up to date for new Microsoft operating systems? If so, I have to buy another device and junk my Brother.

eccs19

Are you using for text only? Have you tried selecting a generic printer? May be the easiest solution.

searcherguy

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No, I print web pages and graphics too.

But even when only using text I get the printing problem. I tried printing from straight Notepad and still get pages and pages of junk frequently.

What do you mean by selecting a generic printer?

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searcherguy

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TommyTupa,

Do you know where to get the driver? Is it free?

TommyTupa

It comes with XP. You'll see it when you add new hardware

eccs19

My suggestion of generic driver will not be any good if your printing out graphics, etc. Try TommyTupa's suggestion. I expect it will work.

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WillHudson

Check out this article from the Brother Website regarding the 9650 on Windows XP.

http://www.brother.com/E-ftp/windowsxp/europe.html

If yours is a 9660, get the XP driver here:

http://solutions.brother.com/mfc9660/download/drivers.html#xp