Handling Incoming Calls

Difficulty

Suggestions

The machine ‘Hears’ a voice as a

If Fax Detect is set to On, your machine is more sensitive to sounds. It may

CNG Tone.

mistakenly interpret certain voices or music on the line as a fax machine calling

 

and respond with fax receiving tones. Deactivate the machine by pressing

 

Stop/Exit. Try avoiding this problem by turning Fax Detect to Off. (See Fax Detect

 

on page 47.)

 

 

Sending a fax call to the machine.

If you answered on an external or extension telephone, press your Remote

 

Activation Code (the factory setting is l 5 1). When your machine answers, hang

 

up.

 

 

Custom features on a single line.

If you have Call Waiting, Call Waiting/Caller ID, an alarm system or other custom

 

feature on a single telephone line with your machine, it may create a problem

 

sending or receiving faxes.

 

For example: If you subscribe to Call Waiting or some other custom service and

 

its signal comes through the line while your machine is sending or receiving a fax,

 

the signal can temporarily interrupt or disrupt the faxes. Brother's ECM(Error

 

Correction Mode) feature should help overcome this problem. This condition is

 

related to the telephone system industry and is common to all devices that send

 

and receive information on a single, shared line with custom features. If avoiding

 

a slight interruption is crucial to your business, a separate telephone line with no

 

custom features is recommended.

 

 

Copying Difficulties

Difficulty

Suggestions

 

Cannot make a copy.

Make sure that the Copy

key is illuminated. (See Entering Copy mode

 

 

on page 86.)

 

 

 

Poor copy results when using the

Try using the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass on page 21.)

ADF.

 

 

 

 

Vertical black lines or streaks

Vertical black lines or streaks on copies are typically caused by dirt or correction

appear in copies.

fluid on the glass strip. Clean the glass strip. (See Cleaning the scanner glass

 

on page 155.)

 

 

 

Fit to Page does not work properly.

Make sure the document is not skewed on the scanner glass.

 

 

 

Scanning Difficulties

Difficulty

Suggestions

TWAIN/WIA errors appear when

Make sure the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver is chosen as the primary source. In

starting to scan.

PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR, click File, Scan or Get Photo and click Select to

 

choose the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver.

 

 

Poor scanning results when using

Try using the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass on page 21.)

the ADF.

 

 

 

OCR does not work.

Try increasing the scanner resolution.

 

 

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