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Driver upgrade for Windows ® 2000


IMPORTANT! 

Please follow the steps below:

  1. Uninstall the current driver.
  2. Install the new driver.

1. Uninstall 


For Windows® 95/98 users

If you are upgrading to Windows® 2000 from Windows® 95/98, we recommend that you first delete the existing printer driver from your system before performing the upgrade. 
Once you have completed the upgrade to Windows® 2000, you may then install the Windows® 2000 printer driver. 

To delete the Windows® 95/98 driver perform the following steps:

  1. Select the "Uninstall" option within the program group that was created when you originally installed the Brother driver software.
  2. Select the correct language you want.
  3. Select the "Uninstall" option. 
  4. Select the correct printer and then click the Uninstall button. 
  5. Click the OK button when you see "the printer driver has been removed from your system" message. 
  6. Restart your computer. 

For Windows NT ®4.0 users 

If you are upgrading to Windows® 2000 from Windows NT® 4.0, you must first delete the existing printer driver from your system before performing the upgrade. 
Once you have completed the upgrade to Windows® 2000, you may then install the Windows® 2000 printer driver.

To delete the printer driver from Windows NT® 4.0, perform the following steps: 

  1. Select the "Uninstall" option within the program group that was created when you originally installed the Brother driver software.
  2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  3. Restart your computer.

2. Download &  Install


To upgrade the new printer driver to Windows® 2000, perform the following steps:

Windows® 2000 ( Using SETUP.EXE ) 

  1. Please make a temporary directory on your HDD to save the downloaded self-extracting file. 
    e.g. C:\brodrv 

  2. Click the model name to start downloading. 

  3. Select the temporary directory as where to store the downloaded file. 

  4. Extract the file. 

    Double click on the file in Explorer, or click [Start], select [Run]. Then type the temporary
    directory and the file name (C:\brodrv\setup.exe). Then choose OK button. 
  5. Install the upgrade driver.
    The SETUP.EXE DOWNLOAD>>