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REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Q&A

Thissectioncontainsquestionsandanswersforusingyourfaxmachine.Ifyouhaveencountered aproblem,findthequestionrelatingtoyourproblemandtakethestepsrecommendedtocorrect theproblem.

Setting Up the Fax Machine

 

 

 

 

 

Question

Recommendation

 

The fax machine does not

Checkthefollowing:

 

print.

• Themachineisturnedon.

 

 

• Thetonercartridgeanddrumunitareinstalledproperly.

 

 

• Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (see

 

 

page13-9~10.)

 

 

 

 

Paper Handling Problems

 

 

 

 

 

Question

Recommendation

 

The fax machine does not

• Check to see if the CHECK PAPER or PRINTER JAM

Ch.13

loadpaper.

messageappearsontheLCD.Ifso,themultipurposesheet

The LCD shows CHECK

feedermaybeoutofpaperornotproperlyinstalled.Ifitis

PAPER or PRINTER JAM.

empty,loadanewstackofpaperintothefeeder.

 

• Ifthereispaperinthemultipurposesheetfeeder,makesure

 

 

itisstraight.Ifthepaperiscurled,youshouldstraightenit.

 

 

Sometimesitishelpfultoremovethepaper,turnthestack

 

 

overandputitbackintothepapertray.

 

 

• Reducetheamountofpaperinthemultipurposesheetfeeder,

 

 

thentryagain.

 

 

 

 

The fax machine does not

Reinsertthepaperfirmly,onesheetatatime.

 

loadpaperfromthemanual

 

 

feedstop.

 

 

 

 

 

HowcanIclearpaperjams?

See“PaperJams”onpage13-5.

 

 

 

 

13-13

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Brother 3550 manual 13-13, Setting Up the Fax Machine

3550 specifications

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