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I can't connect iOS to Brother printer
Hi all, I’m desperately trying to connect my iOS device to my Brother MFC-J625W printer. There is already a Windows laptop connected with a USB cable and by wifi to the printer and a C7000 Night...
IrvSp wrote:
Sorry, I'm confused here? Didn't you want to print through the app? Or did you mean on an iOS device in general? What app are we talking about by the way?
Now you've brought up a new problem it seems?
What are you doing to trying to access the 'ISP'? I don't even have a clue what this is? Do you mean your ISP's web page (Spectrum, Comcast, AT&T, etc.)?
Web Management, I assume you mean the Browser Genie app?
What is the IP Address of the 'device'? If on iOS should find that in settings.
What does 'nothing appers' mean?
How about detailing what you are doing and what commands or URL's you are using and explain what you see or take screenshots and post.
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C7000 Nighthawk AC1900 Wifi Cable Modem Router
Hello IrvSp!
I'm sorry for being so unclear. I will start anew. :)
After manually resetting my Brother MFC-J625W printer's network card and configuring it to connect to my wifi, I was able to print from my iPhone using an app called Brother iPrint&Scan.
I'm attaching a screenshot from this link in reference to the paragraph that follows:
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69775/~/wireless-setup---using-web-management
I was not able to access the Brother MFC printer UI, referenced in a previous post by schumaku, using my iPhone by inputting either the old IP (before reset) or the new IP for the Brother MFC printer after the Brother MFC printer network card reset.
However, I was able to print through the Brother iPrint&Scan app.
I can't detect the Brother MFC printer on my wifi through Settings> Wifi; or perhaps I should state it does not appear in any recognizable form on my network.
I would like to somehow use the IP address or other information about my Brother MFC printer to find it on my iPhone if possible.
In the end, I would like to print from something like a word processing application rather than the Brother iPrint&Scan app.
It's really an awkward app or I wouldn't ask...
Thank you for such kind consideration and I apologize for my confusing post. (Hope this is better?)
Duggs
p.s. My first problem seems to be a common one (I researched before posting here.) As a small symbol of my gratitude, the Brother page link I have posted for "Wireless Setup - Using Web Management" is fairly good except some people will have to mash their printer buttons to connect to network. :)
Sorry, I'm confused here? Didn't you want to print through the app? Or did you mean on an iOS device in general? What app are we talking about by the way?
Now you've brought up a new problem it seems?
What are you doing to trying to access the 'ISP'? I don't even have a clue what this is? Do you mean your ISP's web page (Spectrum, Comcast, AT&T, etc.)?
Web Management, I assume you mean the Browser Genie app?
What is the IP Address of the 'device'? If on iOS should find that in settings.
What does 'nothing appers' mean?
How about detailing what you are doing and what commands or URL's you are using and explain what you see or take screenshots and post.
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C7000 Nighthawk AC1900 Wifi Cable Modem Router
Hello IrvSp!
I'm sorry for being so unclear. I will start anew. :)
After manually resetting my Brother MFC-J625W printer's network card and configuring it to connect to my wifi, I was able to print from my iPhone using an app called Brother iPrint&Scan.
I'm attaching a screenshot from this link in reference to the paragraph that follows:
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69775/~/wireless-setup---using-web-management
I was not able to access the Brother MFC printer UI, referenced in a previous post by schumaku, using my iPhone by inputting either the old IP (before reset) or the new IP for the Brother MFC printer after the Brother MFC printer network card reset.
However, I was able to print through the Brother iPrint&Scan app.
I can't detect the Brother MFC printer on my wifi through Settings> Wifi; or perhaps I should state it does not appear in any recognizable form on my network.
I would like to somehow use the IP address or other information about my Brother MFC printer to find it on my iPhone if possible.
In the end, I would like to print from something like a word processing application rather than the Brother iPrint&Scan app.
It's really an awkward app or I wouldn't ask...
Thank you for such kind consideration and I apologize for my confusing post. (Hope this is better?)
Duggs
p.s. My first problem seems to be a common one (I researched before posting here.) As a small symbol of my gratitude, the Brother page link I have posted for "Wireless Setup - Using Web Management" is fairly good except some people will have to mash their printer buttons to connect to network. :)
Since using the Brother app you can print, it would appear that, at least to me and maybe another member here, this is really a Brother problem? I Googles "Brother MFC-J625W cannot see my router" and this seems to be a similar problem on that model and ones like it. Check this out and look at some of the suggested pages... I suspect this is an Apple or Brother problem, not a Router one. It isn't a 'new' printer either, and the problem could be more Apple's support than Brothers?
All a little but vague.
In general, these kind of printers (or other IoT) can be talked to direct, this can be used for direct printing or to configure the device to connect it to a wireless infrastructure/router.
Once the WiFi on the printer is associated with the router WIFi, it will pick up a network config by DHCP, and show up as an attached device. With the IP address - permitting it's not a WiFi blocking wireless clients from communicating direct - it should be reachable by the IP address from a browser. If it's not, worth to use an information print-out of the current config, or check the LCD menu system if any.
At this point, again permitting the WiFi AP/router does no ugly things, the device should become discoverable by the mobile printing Apps, probably by WSD from Windows, or by Bonjour from a Mac as printer. Here again, it requires that say "basics" like Multicast, or IP broadcast for custom discovery systems, are correctly handled on the router (being on the same radio interface, or being from/to all other radio and wired LAN interfaces. The "connection" is done logically over the network, it's not a connection from the mobile device to the printer.
To make the confusion complete, some printers continue to broadcast their own wireless network (complementing the existing established WiFi network connection), being as yet another wireless AP, or permitting kind of a WiFi direct connection.
This makes it a little bit difficult to understand where people are stuck, what does work, or what does not.
