11 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance

Troubleshooting

IMPORTANT

For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the MFC. Calls must be made from within that country.

Error messages

As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur. If this happens, your MFC identifies the problem and displays an error message. The most common error messages are shown below.

You can correct most problems by yourself. If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips.

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ERROR MESSAGES

ERROR

CAUSE

ACTION

MESSAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comm.Error

Poor phone line quality caused a

Try the call again. If the problem continues, call

 

 

communication error.

the telephone company and ask them to check

 

 

 

your phone line.

 

 

 

 

Connection

You tried to poll a fax machine that

Check the other fax machine’s polling setup.

Fail

is not in Polled Waiting mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Cover is Open

The scanner cover is not closed

Lift the scanner cover and then close it again.

 

 

completely.

 

 

 

 

 

Data

Print data remains in the MFC’s

Re-start printing from your computer.

Remaining

memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print data remains in the MFC’s

Press Stop/Exit. The MFC will cancel the job

 

 

memory. The USB cable was

and eject the page that is being printed.

 

 

unplugged while the computer

 

 

 

was sending the data to the MFC.

 

 

 

 

Disconnected

The other person or other person’s

Try to send or receive again.

 

 

fax machine stopped the call.

 

 

 

 

 

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