Follow The Below Given Steps To Fix Offline Error -

1. Make Sure that Brother printer is set as Default

If your brother printer is not set as a default, you may face Brother printer goes offline problem. Follow the below given steps to set your printer as default.

Firstly, go to the ‘Control panel’ by using Windows search option.

search control panel in the search bar

Once ‘Control Panel’ opens, click on ‘Devices and Printers’. Next printer list will appear in the display.

Device and Printers

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Right click on your Brother printer from the list of shown printers and select the option of ‘Set as Default Printer’.

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Now restart your printer to check if your offline problem is resolved or not.

2. Fix Brother printer offline error on Windows by 'Unchecking' offline status

The second and foremost thing which you need to do is uncheck the option of ‘Use Printer Offline’. This in the most cases will solve your complaint of ‘Why Brother printer goes offline’.

Just follow the below-mentioned steps to fix Brother Printer is offline in Windows 10 error –

Firstly, open the control panel from the start button and click on ‘Devices and Printers’ option.

device and printer option

Now right click on the Brother’s print icon and click on ‘see what is printing’.

right click on the brother’s print icon and click on see what is printing

Thereafter, click on printer option from the top of the windows and check if there is any check mark on ‘use printer offline’ option. If there is a check mark, uncheck it by clicking on it.

brother printer offline

Now, click again on the printer option from the top and select ‘cancel all documents’ option.

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I hope both these methods will be helpful to bring Brother printer Online.

Mark Wilson