what does it mean if a printer is shown as offline
Medioimages/Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images. When a Brother Printer has a status of Offline, it is not electronically connected to other devices, such as a laptop or desktop; when your printer is Online, it is able to connect to other devices.our Brother Printer could be listed as Offline because it is not turned on, it has errors such as empty toner, it is not set as the default printer or its USB cord or its Network have a connection problem.