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Help using old printer

I cannot use my Brother Printer any more with the Mac OS, that was updated on my Macbook Pro. According to Brother folk, my printer MFC 7820N, will work with OS 10.10 but none newer than that. Can I replace my current OS, 11.5, with 10.10. If yes, how? Thanks for your help. Rollin

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Aug 7, 2021 11:09 AM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2021 11:21 AM

rollin48 wrote:

I cannot use my Brother Printer any more with the Mac OS, that was updated on my Macbook Pro. According to Brother folk, my printer MFC 7820N, will work with OS 10.10 but none newer than that. Can I replace my current OS, 11.5, with 10.10. If yes, how? Thanks for your help. Rollin



Old print drivers are typically the first causality in updating macOS.

Instead of going backwards It may be time to purchase a new printer ...



Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version
https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15



If you can't find an updated driver for your printer give the open-source, free Gutenprint driver a try.

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

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Aug 7, 2021 11:21 AM in response to rollin48

rollin48 wrote:

I cannot use my Brother Printer any more with the Mac OS, that was updated on my Macbook Pro. According to Brother folk, my printer MFC 7820N, will work with OS 10.10 but none newer than that. Can I replace my current OS, 11.5, with 10.10. If yes, how? Thanks for your help. Rollin



Old print drivers are typically the first causality in updating macOS.

Instead of going backwards It may be time to purchase a new printer ...



Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version
https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15



If you can't find an updated driver for your printer give the open-source, free Gutenprint driver a try.

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

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