Operations

Fax – sending (cont.)

 

 

 

Problem

Cause & solution

 

 

The other party complains that

If your line has special telephone services such as call

 

 

letters on their received

waiting, the service may have been activated during fax

document are distorted or not

transmission. Connect the unit to a line that does not have

clear.

these services.

 

 

The extension telephone on the same line is off the hook.

 

 

 

 

Hang up the extension telephone and try again.

 

 

Try copying the document. If the copied image is clear, there

 

 

 

 

may be something wrong with the other party’s machine.

 

 

The other party complains that

The glass or rollers are dirty. Clean them (p. 76).

 

 

dirty patterns or black lines

 

appear on their received

 

document.

 

 

 

I cannot make an international

Use the overseas transmission mode of feature #23 (p. 59).

fax call.

Add two pauses at the end of the telephone number or dial

 

 

 

 

manually.

 

 

Fax – receiving

 

 

 

Problem

Cause & solution

 

 

I cannot receive documents.

The telephone line cord is connected to the EXT jack on

 

 

 

 

the unit. Connect to the LINE jack (p. 18).

 

 

I cannot receive documents

The receive mode is set to TEL mode. Set to FAX ONLY

 

 

automatically.

mode (p. 45) or TEL/FAX mode (p. 48, 49).

 

 

The time taken to answer the call is too long. Decrease the

 

 

 

 

number of rings of features #06 (p. 57), #30 (p. 60) and

 

 

#78 (p. 62).

 

 

The display shows the

The incoming call is not a fax. Change the receive mode to

 

 

following message, but faxes

TEL mode (p. 44).

are not received.

 

 

 

 

CONNECTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A blank sheet is ejected.

The other party placed the document in their fax machine

 

 

the wrong way. Check with the other party.

 

 

A white line or a dirty pattern

The glass or rollers are dirty. Clean them (p. 76).

appears on your recording paper.

 

 

 

The printing quality is poor.

The other party sent a faint document. Ask them to send a

 

 

clearer copy of the document.

 

 

Some paper has instructions recommending which side to

 

 

 

 

print on. Try turning the paper over.

 

 

You may have used paper with a cotton and/or fiber content

 

 

 

 

that is over 20%, such as letterhead or resume paper.

 

 

The remaining toner is low. Replace the toner cartridge (p. 70).

 

 

 

 

We recommend you replace the drum unit every third time

 

 

 

 

you replace the toner cartridge (p. 70). To check the drum

 

 

life and quality, please print the printer test list (p. 78).

 

 

The toner save mode of feature #79 is on (p. 62).

 

 

 

 

 

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