Printer support in Win 11 dropped

[GKgeoguy]

My laser workhorse Brother HL-5150D was dropped from Win 11 and Brother downloads refers you to Windows Update and does not supply a downloadable driver. Until recently, I got around this problem by printing to the shared HL-5150D on a Win 10 machine on the network. Some time in the last month or so that quit working and Win 11 will no longer connect to the shared printer. I've tried changing the parameters of the shared printer such as changing the processor from BrPrint to winprint and unchecking Render print jobs on client computers ... no joy. I'm hesitant to try the Printer Migration Tool, as it copies ALL of the printers on the Win 10 machine, and I don't want to copy over the printers that are currently working on the Win 11 machine.

Okay, the HL-5150D is 19 years old, but it's not a dead horse. It works great, has two paper trays, and I have a toner cartridge in the closet.

Is there a way to copy drivers for just one printer on the Win 10 machine to restore and try on the Win 11 machine?

Any other suggestions?

 

[dwd999]

My laser workhorse Brother HL-5150D was dropped from Win 11 and Brother downloads refers you to Windows Update and does not supply a downloadable driver. Until recently, I got around this problem by printing to the shared HL-5150D on a Win 10 machine on the network. Some time in the last month or so that quit working and Win 11 will no longer connect to the shared printer. I've tried changing the parameters of the shared printer such as changing the processor from BrPrint to winprint and unchecking Render print jobs on client computers ... no joy. I'm hesitant to try the Printer Migration Tool, as it copies ALL of the printers on the Win 10 machine, and I don't want to copy over the printers that are currently working on the Win 11 machine.

Okay, the HL-5150D is 19 years old, but it's not a dead horse. It works great, has two paper trays, and I have a toner cartridge in the closet.

Is there a way to copy drivers for just one printer on the Win 10 machine to restore and try on the Win 11 machine?

Any other suggestions?

Perhaps the generic PCL driver that they offer would work on Win 11.

Drivers | Downloads | HL-5150D | United States | Brother

support.brother.com

 

[GKgeoguy]

Perhaps the generic PCL driver that they offer would work on Win 11.

Drivers | Downloads | HL-5150D | United States | Brother

support.brother.com

Thank you so much, dwd999. My old workhorse printer is back in business on Win 11. I was going to chastise myself for not seeing the page of your link, but for the life of me I could not find that page by searching. If you know to search for "brother enhanced pcl driver," you can get to (I think) the same driver on a different page.

Again, Thank You Very Much.

 

[Sigma Nova]

Thanks dwd999. One revered old workhorse up and running again.