brother mfc 6800 driver

I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!

I have the same problem. MFC-6800 that worked fine with XP pro doesn't work with Vista x64. I am using USB connection and Microsoft built in drivers. Scanner works. Printer doesn't. If I use "Print directly to the printer" option in Advanced tab of the printer property dialog I am getting the following error:
"Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooterfor assistance? Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000057)."
If I use "Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster" option in Advanced tab, a printer icon appears in the tool tray, printer starts making some noise but nothing is printed.
Please, help!
Thank you,
--Alik
-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

Uninstall all 6800 drivers. Reboot. Go to the Install.exe file for the 6800 and under Properties, choose the Compatibility tab. Check XP SP2 compatible box. Now try reinstalling the drivers.
"fe.danetot@gmail.com" wrote in message

I have the same problem. MFC-6800 that worked fine with XP pro doesn't work with Vista x64. I am using USB connection and Microsoft built in drivers. Scanner works. Printer doesn't. If I use "Print directly to the printer" option in Advanced tab of the printer property dialog I am getting the following error:
"Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooterfor assistance? Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000057)."
If I use "Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster" option in Advanced tab, a printer icon appears in the tool tray, printer starts making some noise but nothing is printed.
Please, help!
Thank you,
--Alik
-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

John, thank you for the reply! What kind of 6800 drivers do you suggest to try: XP or XP x64?
--Alik
John;564758 Wrote:

Uninstall all 6800 drivers. Reboot. Go to the Install.exe file for the 6800 and under Properties, choose the Compatibility tab. Check XP SP2 compatible box. Now try reinstalling the drivers.

-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

Don't use 32-bit drivers with a 64-bit OS. Use only 64-bit drivers.
"fe.danetot@gmail.com" wrote in message

John, thank you for the reply! What kind of 6800 drivers do you suggest to try: XP or XP x64?
--Alik
John;564758 Wrote: Uninstall all 6800 drivers. Reboot. Go to the Install.exe file for the 6800 and under Properties, choose the Compatibility tab. Check XP SP2 compatible box. Now try reinstalling the drivers.

-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

If you're running Vista 32 bit then try the 32 bit XP drivers. If you're running Vista 64 bit, the 64 bit XP drivers. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/windows
"fe.danetot@gmail.com" wrote in message

John, thank you for the reply! What kind of 6800 drivers do you suggest to try: XP or XP x64?
--Alik
John;564758 Wrote: Uninstall all 6800 drivers. Reboot. Go to the Install.exe file for the 6800 and under Properties, choose the Compatibility tab. Check XP SP2 compatible box. Now try reinstalling the drivers.

-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

I downloaded MFC-6800 drivers for Windows XP x64 from Brother's web site. There is no Install.exe there - just collection of .inf, compressed .dl_ and some other files. When I try to install the driver using Windows "Have a disk" routine I am getting:
"Unable to install Brother MFC68000 USB, Type 3 - User Mode, x64 driver. Operation could not be completed (error 0x80360059)."
--Alik
Colin Barnhorst;565082 Wrote:

Don't use 32-bit drivers with a 64-bit OS. Use only 64-bit drivers.

-- fe.danetot@gmail.com

I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!

What was the response you received from "Brother" regarding their drivers for their product?
"balefire" wrote:

I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!

Hi,
Brother has yet to reply to my email from this morning. Thanks.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

What was the response you received from "Brother" regarding their drivers for their product?
"balefire" wrote:
I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!

I would suggest then that Brother does not yet have a driver that is compatible with Vista. I would further suggest that since Vista is a beta, you treat it as a test unit only and not use it for any type of production or as any type of unit you depend upon.
Andre's post seems to sum it up:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&tid=11f10796-3a52-4e6f-8b24-1c478c257bf3&cat=en_US_9CA88DDB-D18D-FA0E-A366-6E527B0FBA67&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&p=1
"balefire" wrote:

Hi,
Brother has yet to reply to my email from this morning. Thanks.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
What was the response you received from "Brother" regarding their drivers for their product?
"balefire" wrote:
I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!

Although brother does not have the driver to support the scanner and on my MFC-6800, choosing
Brother HL-720
at least allows you to print. This took many many many emails to brother to find this out.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

I would suggest then that Brother does not yet have a driver that is compatible with Vista. I would further suggest that since Vista is a beta, you treat it as a test unit only and not use it for any type of production or as any type of unit you depend upon.
Andre's post seems to sum it up:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&tid=11f10796-3a52-4e6f-8b24-1c478c257bf3&cat=en_US_9CA88DDB-D18D-FA0E-A366-6E527B0FBA67&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&p=1
"balefire" wrote:
Hi,
Brother has yet to reply to my email from this morning. Thanks.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
What was the response you received from "Brother" regarding their drivers for their product?
"balefire" wrote:
I'ver tried getting my printer to work with Vista for an hour. Any drivers for the brother MFC-6800 yet? Being able to print is critical to my wife accepting this new OS. Thanks!