Brother DCP-135C stopped working today

If no settings have been changed, then it must be some update that did this.
I assume a newer update will fix it.
Especially if it is possible to narrow down to the update that did it.

Maybe you could see the pacman log (e.g. with pahis) and try to find any related updated package like cups or anything else. Then try to downgrade that package with the downgrade program and see if it starts working again.