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There are many methods to recover Brother printer default password, the most common ways you can use are shared here. The article contains helpful tips & detailed procedure on how to reset your brother printer password.
I will cover all the common scenarios where a user would want to reset his/her brother printer password. Things get difficult when you have forgotten or lost your Brother printer’s password.
The information below contains list of all brother models to which the methods can be applied. Brother is a world-renowned brand for manufacturing quality printers and other computer related products that are famous for their affordability, durability, fast printing speeds and good print quality.
It has been almost 2 decades now that Brother company is offering excellent products for individual consumers, small to medium-sized business and even enterprise use. All of their printers are equipped with top-notch security features to protect them from unauthorized access. The default password that comes with the printer helps in protecting the devices from being used by anyone other than authorized users.
If you have recently bought a new brother printer or have an old one, you must know how to reset the default password so that only you can use it. However, there are several users who have forgotten/lost their Brother printers’ passwords and want to reset them.
If this sounds like you then don’t worry as I am here to help you with this article. I will be discussing all the possible ways to reset your brother printer password and make it like new again.
If you are an owner of an All-In-One Brother Printer then you can use any of these methods that are listed below to reset your printer’s password:
Force Restart Your Brother Printer
If you have enabled the “Force restart of Brother printers” then it will give you a possibility to recover your printer’s password, without the use of any special tools. The steps to force a restart of a brother printer are as follows:
Disconnect the power cord from both ends, which includes wall outlet and power brick. Hold down the power key on your printer for at least 30 seconds.
After doing this, connect the power cord again and turn ON the printer. If you are using a wired connection with your Brother Printer then disconnect it and reconnect to finish resetting its password via LAN settings.
However, if you are using Wireless Connection then go to your router settings and set the network connection to enhance security.
You can use this method if you have recently bought your brother printer or it’s about to expire, in both cases when the warranty is still active. If you want to use this method after your warranty period has expired, there are high chances that you might get a visit from a Brother Engineer.
Use Special resetter to Reset the password of your Brother Printer:
There are many tools that can be used to reset a brother printer’s password such as BrAdmin Light, BrAdmin Professional, BRAdmin Professional 2.0 and so on. I will recommend you try out all the methods because some might work for your printer and some might not.
The program I will be using in this article to reset a brother printer’s password is the ADMIN 3.0 which is made by brothersupport.brother.com/administrator/. This tool works for almost all Brother Printer models that are available today on the market, if you have an old brother printer then you can still use this program.