Error Messages

Error Message

Cause

Action

 

 

 

 

COOLING

The temperature of the drum unit or

You must wait 20 minutes for it to

DOWN

toner cartridge is too hot. The MFC

cool.

 

WAIT FOR A

will pause its current print job and go

 

 

WHILE

into cooling down mode. During the

 

 

 

cooling down mode, you will hear the

 

 

 

cooling fan running while the display

 

 

 

on the MFC shows COOLING

 

 

 

DOWN, and WAIT FOR A WHILE.

 

 

 

 

 

COVER OPEN

The front cover was not completely

Close the front cover for the drum

PLS CLOSE

closed.

unit.

 

COVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCONNECTED

The other party or other party’s fax

Try to transmit or receive again.

 

machine terminated the call.

 

 

 

 

 

CHECK

Originals were not inserted or fed

See Original Jams and Paper

ORIGINAL

properly, or original scanned from

Jams, page 21-3.

 

 

ADF was longer than about 40 inches

 

 

 

(90cm).

 

 

 

 

 

MACHINE

MFC has a mechanical problem.

Call Brother Customer Service.

ERROR XX

 

In USA:

1-800-284-4329

 

 

In Canada:

1-800-853-6660

 

 

In Montreal:

1-514-685-6464

 

 

 

 

OUT OF

You can’t store data in the memory.

See page 11-2.

 

MEMORY

 

 

 

(May occur when

 

 

 

the MFC is used as

 

 

 

a printer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO RESPONSE/

The number you dialed does not

Verify the number and try again.

BUSY

answer or is busy.

 

 

 

 

 

NOT

You tried to access a One Touch or

Set up the One Touch or Speed Dial

REGISTERED

Speed Dial number that is not

number. (See pages 7-1, 7-2.)

 

programmed.

 

 

 

 

 

PLS OPEN

A page, piece of paper or paper clip,

Open the front cover. If you see any

COVER

etc. may be jammed inside the MFC.

jammed paper or other item, gently

 

 

pull it out, then close the front cover. If

 

 

the error message remains, open and

 

 

close the front cover again. If the MFC

 

 

cannot reset itself and return to the date

 

 

and time prompt, it will display

 

 

MACHINE ERROR XX. Please call

 

 

Brother Customer Service and tell

 

 

them the MFC Error number at:

 

 

In USA:

1-800-284-4329

 

 

In Canada:

1-800-853-6660

 

 

In Montreal:

1-514-685-6464

 

 

 

 

PAPER JAM

The paper is jammed in the MFC.

See page 21-4.

 

 

 

 

 

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