Brother Brother DCP-173C - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Brother DCP-173C is a Imaging Devices hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Brother. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_04F9&PID_0231&MI_01.

1. Manually install Brother Brother DCP-173C driver

1. Download the setup file for Brother Brother DCP-173C driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 01.00.04.04 released on 2009-03-25.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 2976847 bytes (2.84 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 96706 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Brother Brother DCP-173C driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Brother Brother DCP-173C driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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