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Each Brother printer using Two ports - WSD & TCP/IP
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[QUOTE="VA1DER, post: 217909, member: 15186"] I have two MFC-J6945DW printers and, like you, cannot stand the dual TCP/IP and WSD drivers. Brother themselves recommends bypassing the WSD for printing-only scenarios, at least this was my takeaway from a conversation I had with them about their drivers when the printer was new. Feedback is a little slower for jams and status updates using only TCP/IP, but otherwise it works great. In fact, if you want to further simplify, Brothers offers a [URL='https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/67181/~/download-and-install-the-brother-universal-printer-driver-for-br-script']multi-printer postscript driver[/URL] where a single driver can communicate with multiple Brother printers. This will work on any postscript-compatible Brother printer on your network. Your 5830 is certainly postscript capable. The others I'm not sure, I don't use their lasers. Where I ran into trouble was with the scanner utility. It didn't like it when I deleted the WSD printer driver and had a hard time finding the scanner. At the time Brother said that updated scanner drivers would be out to fix this, but I have never revisited the issue. I would recommend setting a Windows restore-point then trying it out. Restore points are underutilized and a great tool for this sort of thing. Incidentally, I also recommend setting a restore point prior to any time you install, uninstall, or change a Brother driver. I do like their drivers, but their installation/uninstallation process sometimes leaves something to be desired. [/QUOTE]
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