In today’s era, smartphones are not limited for making messages or calls, perhaps you can do all the work from them for which you need a computer. Especially when you are using an iPhone. iPhone has several apps that will enhance your productivity. Air-print app is one of them.
Suppose you want to print any image or vital docs from the brother printer, which is presented on your iPhone. you can directly print it from iphone via this app.
To do that, you need to use the air print feature and connect the iPhone to the brother printer through WIFI. if you are not familiar with that. do not worry, this article will help you.
What is the requirement to connect an iPhone to the brother printer?
There is a basic requirement to print the documents from brother printer via iphone?
- A printer that has the wifi feature
- Accessibility to the Wireless network.
- Air print or brother iprint app.
What is the process to Connect My iPhone to the brother printer?
Usually, there are two ways to connect the brother printer to the WIFI. you can use any one of them.
Method 1- Connect the brother printer to the iPhone using WiFi Direct Feature-
If you don’t have a wireless network. you can use the turn on the Wifi Direct feature on the brother printer. now connect the printer to the computer.
- Power on the Brother Printer.
- Go to the Network / Network Setup.
- Now click on the Wireless Direct / WIFI direct feature.
- Here, you need Turn On The WiFi Direct Feature.
- Now Go to the settings on the iphone.
- Tap on the Wifi.
- Now Tap on the Brother printer network.
- Enter your WIFI Direct pin.
- tap the Connect Or Done button.
Method 2- Connect the Brother printer to the iPhone Via WiFI network –
If you want to connect the iphone to the brother via wireless network, you need to connect the brother printer wireless network. Now go ahead and connect the iphone to the same wireless network.
Join the wifi network on brother printer-
firstly, you have to connect to the brother machine to the wireless network. If your device is already joined to the wifi, you may use these steps to fix it.
- Let’s Power on the brother machine.
- Go to the network.
- Touch the ok button.
- Search for the WLAN setup, and push ok.
- Select WLAN setup wizard via up and down arrow and press ok.
- Choose your network, hit the ok button.
- Now enter the wireless password and press the upper ok button.
In case, if brother printer is not connecting to the wifi, you should review the network password and encryption settings.
Connect the iPhone to the WiFi Network–
After connecting a brother machine to the wifi network, it’s a time to Join the same network on the brother printer.
- Go to the iPhone’s settings.
- Touch the WIFI option.
- Tap on your WIFI name available in the list.
- Type the security code (password) for the WIFI network and press the done button.
Install The Brother iPrint & scan app-
Once you will connect the iphone to the WIFI. it’s a time to install the Brother iPrint app on your device. Also, if you want to print the documents via AirPrint. you can ignore the installation and print directly.
- Go to the app store.
- Type Brother iPrint in the search box and press ok.
- Once you see the Brother iprint app.
- Press the Install button.
- Finally, the App will be installed.
Once the Brother iPrint apps gets installed on the iphone. you need to tap on it. now click on the add a device button. Here you need to select your brother printer and press the add button.
Easy Steps to print wirelessly from the iPhone to the brother printer?
Once you will connect the iPhone to brother printer, some of you don’t know about how to print from iPhone? Well, that’s quite easy like we do from a computer.
- Let’s open the Photo Or Record that you want to print.
- Tap on the Share button available at the bottom tray.
- Touch the printer icon.
- Choose your printer from the dropdown list, and press the print button.
Finally, you will get the print out from the brother printer, which is given by your iPhone.
Some primary troubles faced by iPhone users during the connection process-
How Do I fix no air print printers found error?
If you are can’t print from the smartphone, and it is showing “no air print printers found error on the iPhone”. It shows that the iPhone is not reachable to the brother printer. so you have to change a few settings into the printer & Iphone.
Verify the communication method- Let’s make sure that the iPhone and brother printer is connected from the same network. Mostly, people keep their iPhone connected to mobile data, and their machine is connected to the network.
So go to the wireless settings on your iPhone and connect it to the same wireless network.
Print the network status report –
- Go to the settings.
- Click on the all settings option and go to the print reports option.
- Pick network configuration and snap the ok button.
- Finally, you will get a print out from the brother machine.
If it is showing the printer IP address 0.0.0.0 or 169.x.x.x. you need to reset the network settings, and then join a network again.
Open the printer panel on iPhone-
- Let’s open the safari browser.
- Type the printers IP address (you will find it on the network configuration page) and press the enter button.
- If you see the brother printer page, it means your phone is reachable to the printer. If you don’t see the brother page, you need to restart the printer, iPhone and wifi access point. Now, set up the connection again.
Upgrade firmware-
After changing the network settings, if your brother printer says offline or giving you no air print printer found in the network error, you should upgrade the printer firmware.
Reset the router- Once you have changed all these changes still your iPhone is not unable to print from the brother printer. You should reset the wireless access point, and configure it with the correct wireless setup.
How To Enable or Disable AirPrint Feature On iphone?
AirPrint is a built in feature in iphone. so you can not enable or disable it. it is on by default.
Why is windows firewall blocking the brother printer installation?