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Brother MFC-257CW Driver Download

Brother MFC-257CW all-in-one printer

The Brother MFC-257CW printer is another blockbuster product with an inkjet print technology and an internal memory capacity of 32 MB of RAM. The required host interface to connect the device to the PC is through the universal serial bus (USB) full speed 2.0 version. The control panel comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD) which supports up to 16 characters on a single line.

Brother MFC-257CW Drivers for Windows

Supported OS: Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 (32-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit), Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit)
Full Driver and Software Package for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
SHA-256: 200b48752e4488f30f48e3e736631908cf948b97ef83768d6fe320a21db620c8
47.85 MB
Full Driver and Software Package for Windows Vista and XP (32-bit and 64-bit) (Recommended)
SHA-256: ba468d4ea8015d78c64421fdda50722d4a7abfa5f72a747afc8ec8386b69493d
43.24 MB
Printer Driver and Scanner Driver for Local Connection for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, and 7 32-bit
SHA-256: 209ffb2e50583e295c7d14cc2690a539e145825500d7b955a096bddc52f94c80
11.63 MB
Printer Driver and Scanner Driver for Local Connection for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, and 7 64-bit
SHA-256: 675c585875a8fd4cf89504c22a4c443ac9e70d405415b8aa9ad23fb26f75be02
11.80 MB
Printer Driver and Scanner Driver for Local Connection for Windows Vista and XP 32-bit
SHA-256: b2a5b9919df9417e2abcc7c746f91098657a9745eba8806e6a7ea1a6a0f276d4
6.78 MB
Printer Driver and Scanner Driver for Local Connection for Windows Vista and XP 64-bit
SHA-256: 9571e8f731cfb10bd2ec72de14eea0c2942a10f5979bca7a0ca9579be4e2f0d9
6.89 MB

Brother MFC-257CW Drivers for macOS

Supported OS: macOS Catalina 10.15, macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12, OS X El Capitan 10.11, OS X Yosemite 10.10, OS X Mavericks 10.9, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, OS X Lion 10.7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5
Printer Driver for macOS 10.15
SHA-256: 8927aa5f3e32f0cef23e4b339771e443022e4d3d5b5433399188fcba8052b07a
30.75 MB
Printer Driver for macOS 10.14
SHA-256: fe5c757fa972cfe84c87cdaeb684c2b6233f2dbd044a69240435e5948eeea2fb
30.77 MB
Printer Driver for macOS 10.13 and 10.12
SHA-256: ccf77ac934b5b9c39d8ce7f51743d95680053835e645b676e7993db898fea888
30.98 MB
Printer Driver for macOS 10.11
SHA-256: e7500a1413a0ac29845a1de6f7dc8456e8b368cc68ddb8f996273e0ce804a2f1
30.57 MB
Printer Driver for macOS 10.10
SHA-256: e7500a1413a0ac29845a1de6f7dc8456e8b368cc68ddb8f996273e0ce804a2f1
30.57 MB
CUPS Printer Driver for macOS 10.9
SHA-256: db090e4122c377bebdd1f1d8003144d11985cad0dcc4dd1ff305de0f4217c1f1
29.34 MB
CUPS Printer Driver for macOS 10.8
SHA-256: f7dedd6f853b70d8fe92f509e0732631db5f1e977abff39c11922290dccb2d3b
36.40 MB
CUPS Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6
SHA-256: 725d85857205fabd1f1be41168dc0793ebc649cd48bfc5cc3086c74e7568c27e
26.14 MB
CUPS Printer Driver for macOS 10.5
SHA-256: 04a8579b472f5213e7129efcfe6cca432db6c46587ff9ffc455824e48e359883
19.16 MB
ICA Scanner Driver for macOS 10.15
SHA-256: 6a9ef2865964ff4918dd1441876a80485fb8c329df36aa8d6680deff2eecd53e
2.28 MB
Scanner Driver for macOS 10.14
SHA-256: 949467d5fd874da4f4bcf9028483495f8319aad70483dbb26c2c4db964fbc8a7
293.09 MB
Scanner Driver for macOS 10.13
SHA-256: 7a561501401629bf6fa158d46c5a190eefe95941b2d995e77190840bfb4a58de
293 MB
Scanner Driver for macOS 10.12
SHA-256: 59553d65e3e1fd0efacf7816fbbefce981bc6f2b27ffc20c6b452dba4c4a8d7c
293.07 MB
Scanner Driver for OS X 10.8 to 10.11
SHA-256: a47f2e6b9b5d9f4dc7bf154292f2e691176be4724779a06d00497673134f1a50
294.43 MB
Scanner Driver for Mac OS X 10.7 to OS X 10.10
SHA-256: 47e26a481968bd3ae74b6d77b69c018982a7e0451375ed6990cb18cfd6c92b59
6.53 MB
Scanner Driver for macOS 10.6
SHA-256: 868ee1de715a54d657a791d0077a3621bbc02efe2d1d5e69a9b3472a42f1aad0
4.89 MB
TWAIN-Scanner Driver for macOS 10.5
SHA-256: f8b36b787a34698bbe669254a86c305f6b4a595b292f97c41e6e82816be371dd
2.08 MB

Brother MFC-257CW Drivers for Linux

Supported OS: : Linux (32-bit), Linux (64-bit)
CUPSwrapper Printer Driver for Linux (deb package)
SHA-256: ccddb03c4861e1f397028740eaf470380b5d046ce69e80ae0618bb1f20206327
13.28 kB
LPR Printer Driver for Linux (deb package)
SHA-256: 7d11445ecd2e0bc041bc5cbb888fc0f8dd1f4e916417f3a2d5aab96728a7f68a
1.81 MB
CUPSwrapper Printer Driver for Linux (rpm package)
SHA-256: e2d8f6a690402e9d4d7320486e9ad8f5acce14c00b119e9e7f2688fdd444c064
15.33 kB
LPR Printer Driver for Linux (rpm package)
SHA-256: 7de0a4e7953f548bf151e210d582d81c5fa1bde52d7614919f5d54d2e59269c8
1.81 MB
Scanner Driver for Linux 64-bit (deb package)
SHA-256: 446adf531bf39032892e9504ce34b7bf889e0f8628c0732cebb3b83fafb327b8
66.06 kB
Scanner Driver for Linux 64-bit (rpm package)
SHA-256: b462dbded2d0f7ae511057bd3cb6f8379042b75d996eef2675998a4559cc5556
69.94 kB
Scanner Driver for Linux 32-bit (deb package)
SHA-256: ad06665cac32035893f614d9305dabf73145af454f1aeb6b8b7c7fa2700fe2e6
55.48 kB
Scanner Driver for Linux 32-bit (rpm package)
SHA-256: 5586fe264c7bd715e598b5d444f2851464ffe72857f2f48486466e7e2957f792
59.35 kB
PC FAX Driver for Linux (deb package)
SHA-256: f71dadda535bb90dbfaf88fd603897f96e8b09a2f3ae9bd4e2daafb925e896e2
38.30 kB
PC FAX Driver for Linux (rpm package)
SHA-256: 4082d824222ec7a7646309260fd661387ca1aa5dc1ffe851db7bbefe5271b755
45.15 kB

Brother MFC-257CW Specifications

The supported media sizes through the printer standard tray include A4, JISB5, JISB6, A5, A6, Photo paper, envelopes, Monarch, JE4 envelope, legal, letter and many more. These standard types may be of standard sizes or even custom sizes. The supported media sizes through the scanner glass must have a width that is not more than 8.5 inches and a length that is not more than 11.7 inches.

The standard input tray of this Brother MFC-257CW printer cannot hold a paperweight that is not more than 58 lbs and a minimum of 17 pounds. Print resolution for both vertical and horizontal are 6000 by 1200 dots per inch respectively. In terms of margins, the paper adjustments can be to the extent of index cards, borderless photo card and so on.

This printer is also capable of color enhancer in its printing process to produce the best possible color printing output. The minimum droplet size of the ink is about four picolitres for black and white printing while it is 1.5 picolitres for the three colors yellow, cyan and magenta. The photo capture center works at various standard sizes to give the best possible output.

Using this machine to send fax message has several properties, such as a modem speed of 14400 bps and a dual access feature. The coding method of support includes the standard MH, MR, MMR, and JPEG for color documents. The color depth is about 64 bit for monochrome and 256 levels for colored.

Technical Details

Title Brother MFC-257CW Drivers
Device Type All-in-one printer
Driver Version Varies by driver and operating system
Available Downloads Drivers
License Free
Manufacturer Brother Industries, Ltd.