Hamrick Software Brother MFC-257CW - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Brother MFC-257CW is a Imaging Devices hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Hamrick Software. USB/Vid_04f9&Pid_023a&MI_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Hamrick Software Brother MFC-257CW driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Hamrick Software Brother MFC-257CW driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.0.0.42 dated 2006-08-21.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 132249 bytes (129.15 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 10655 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Hamrick Software Brother MFC-257CW driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Hamrick Software Brother MFC-257CW driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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