Brother printer plays a critical role in our business and personal lives by providing us with high-quality, secure, and fast printing solutions. You can expect the least or zero errors when using the Brother printers. Yet, there is one drawback that is associated with this brand is the resetting of passwords that you may find so annoying and feel difficult while dealing with such small problems. To help you be informed about your printing machine, below, we have mentioned the steps to find, change, and reset the Brother’s printer password.
Steps to Identify Brother Printer’s Default Password
- Start your printing device and find ‘All Programs’.
- Use the ‘Arrow’ buttons to select your Brother printer from the list of options and after finding your printer name, click on it.
- Click on the ‘Remote Setup’ and type your password.
- Ensure that your printer is connected to a network.
- Note that most Brother printers’ default password is “access.” Apart from this, you can use the given details to access or change the password via Web-based Management.
For Administrator
- Username: admin
- Password: access
For Users
- Username: user
- Password: access
Steps to Change Brother Printer Default Password
- If you want to improve your printer’s security, you can change your Brother’s printer default admin password. For this, you have to start your computer and open an internet browser.
- After that, type down “http://machine’s IP address” in the address bar. For example – http://123.456.7.8 and hit the ‘Enter’ key.
- Provide the default admin password for Brother printer under the ‘Log In’ section and go to the ‘Administrator’ area. If you are finding it difficult to scroll down the ‘Administrator’ tab, you can try the ‘Login Password’ tab.
- Now type the password again and confirm it in the new password tab. If you’re done with your ‘Confirm New Password,’ hit the ‘Submit’ button to save your changes.
After completing the above steps, you can understand that your Brother Printer Default Password gets changed, and now you have to use your printing device with the new password.
Steps to Reset Brother Printer WiFi Password
Before following the listed steps, you can find the reset option from your modem’s backside. If this option doesn’t work for you, you can consider the specified steps.
- Go to the ‘Control Panel’ window and open the Menu.
- Click on the ‘Settings’ from the given options and find the ‘Spanner & Screwdriver’ option.
- Go to the ‘All Settings’ option and select the ‘Network’ option before clicking on the Ok button.
- Click on the ‘1’ on your keypad and confirm your choice. To confirm this option again, you can press the ‘1’ key again. By doing this, you may notice that your device is rebooted, and you may even get the message on the printer’s display screen that ‘your Brother printer is rebooting.’
- After the successful reboot, you can reconnect the Brother printer to the wireless network and press on ‘OK’ button at least three times to initiate the ‘Setup process.’
- In the next step, the printer will scan for some wireless networks and show you some names to choose your WiFi network by name.
- If the screen is asking you to ‘Use WPS,’ you can choose the ‘No’ option, and thereafter, you need to enter the ‘Correct Wireless Network’s Password’ to connect the Brother printer to your WiFi.
- In order to save your changes, you can click on the ‘1’ button, and to finish the procedure, it is necessary to click on the ‘OK’ button.
By following the above directions, you will be able to change the Brother printer default admin password. However, if you have any other issues with your Brother printer, you can reset its password to avoid any errors.
How to Reset Brother’s Printer Password
Changing the default admin password is a bit easy. Yet, one of the complex tasks is to restart your printer because that can give you some pain.
To reset your Brother printer with ease, you can go to the ‘Control Panel’ section and follow the enlisted steps:
- Remove all connected cables from the Brother printer, except the ‘Power Cable.’
- Check out the ‘Control Panel’ window on your printer’s screen.
- The next step is to click on one option – ‘Set’ or ‘Menu and choose the ‘Connection Type like LAN or Network.
- Use the ‘Arrow’ keys to return to the ‘Menu.’
- Click on the ‘Ok’ button and select the Factory Reset option.
On the other hand, it becomes essential to find the ‘Network Reset’ option in some other models of Brother printer, and for this, you need to consider the given steps:
- Select the ‘Reset’ option from the menu.
- When asked for confirmation, choose the ‘Reset’ button again and then ‘Yes.’
- The procedure of resetting will be done. Restart your Brother printer as soon as it’s finished.
If you are done with the resetting of your printer, you can connect the printing machine to your network and access the device with the default Brother’s printer password. Besides, don’t forget to reconnect all cables that you’ve disconnected before
Need more assistance to find, change, and reset the username and password of your Brother’s printer? Let’s connect with the Printers Hut technical team through our contact details.