How to Get Brother Printer Out of Sleep?

When your Brother printer goes to sleep, and you can't get it to wake up, it can not be very pleasant. We're prepared to assist you in waking up a Brother printer that is in sleep mode.

Is Brother printer seeming sleepy? How to activate your Brother printer is given below. You can start by clicking the "Go" or "OK" button. Under settings, you can also modify the "Sleep Mode" setting. If everything else fails, you can power cycle the printer by switching it off, waiting a while, and then turning it back on.

How to Wake Up a Brother Printer

Here are three tried-and-true methods for waking up a Brother printer from sleep mode.

Changing the Sleep Mode setting in the second technique is a good idea, even if the first method works.

Pressing the Go (or OK) button is Method 1.

• Pressing "Go," which is on your button panel, will quickly wake up your Brother Printer Out of Sleep. Your model can feature an OK button in place of the Go button.

• Based on the Brother printer model you have, these buttons might be placed in a different location, but they should all be readily accessible.
• The printer should move from sleep state to ready mode after you press "Go." Once it is in ready mode, you should be able to use your printer normally.
• But if you've already tried pushing "Go," and your printer still appears to be dozing off, there are a few other solutions you may try.

Method 2: Configuring the "Sleep Mode"

• A Brother Printer can also be awakened by changing the "Sleep Mode setting.

• Navigate to the menu on your printer to use this approach.
• Finding General Setup > Ecology > Sleep Time is the next step. 
• From this point, you can either disable Sleep Mode or change the amount of time your printer rests.  
• Press "Start" and "Options" simultaneously to turn "Sleep Mode" off. When you're finished, the little screen on your printer should read Sleep Mode: On.
• To make your screen read "Off" when you see this, hit the "Up" or "Down" arrow buttons.
• After disabling sleep mode with the OK button, you can access the Home screen by pressing the Exit button
• You may change how long it takes your printer to go to sleep by entering the number of minutes you'd like it to stay awake using the number buttons.
• Up to 99 minutes can pass while your printer is awake.

Method 3: Restarting it After Turning it Off

• It can be annoying to hear that you need to restart your device, but when all else fails, this proven solution always seems to work.
• Turn your printer off, wait a full minute, then turn it back on if it still won't start up. 
• Turn your printer off, wait a full minute, then turn it back on if it still won't start up. 

Printers, among other equipment, occasionally merely require a brief break to reset. Therefore, giving your printer the chance to restart on its own before turning it back on can give it the break it needs to function properly once more.

• Restarting your printer can also be advanced by unplugging it for a short period, then plugging it back in and turning it back on.
• With this approach, the printer might receive an even bigger reset and resume normal operation. 
• Still, experiencing printer issues? Here are five solutions for a Brother printer that won't print.

Further Information and Warning

We can help you if you've tried the solutions mentioned earlier but still need some assistance with your Brother printer. Here are some extra words of wisdom and caution regarding Brother printers that may prove helpful.

• Your printer could sometimes seem to be active even when nothing is being printed.

You might not be able to wake up your printer or turn it on at all if there are electrical issues. For your protection, printers frequently switch off automatically. To prevent further technical issues or harm, wait a little before gently plugging your printer back in.