Please detail your answers.
Are you using USB to connect to the printer?
Can you verify the USB cable works?
Have you ever installed any printer on this system?
Do you have another printer available?
I tried installing new printer. Did Windows not find your printer?
Did Windows offer to locate a driver?
If so, did Windows say it cannot install this device?
Did you select a generic printer?
The brother printer can emulate an older HP printer, Did you try that?
The HP LaserJet modehttp://support.brother.com/g/s/id/htmldoc/mfc/cv_dcp8085dn/us/html/sug/chapter1_5_3.htmlYour machine has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel or a web browser.
• HP LaserJet Mode
The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL6 language of a Hewlett-Packard® LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of laser printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.
I tried download new updates. From who? How?
I tried repair printer.Is hare a repair printer option?
How does one try to repair something that is not there?
nothing works.If you turn off the printer, does the Windows system make a noise?
Does Windows assign you a dealt printer?
Does the Brother printer do a self test?