Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error Message

 

Cause

Action

 

Cannot Detect

 

You installed a new ink cartridge too

Take out the new ink cartridge and

 

 

 

quickly and the machine did not

reinstall it slowly and firmly until it

 

 

 

detect it.

latches. (See Replacing the ink

 

 

 

 

cartridges on page 51.)

 

 

 

An ink cartridge is not installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A used ink cartridge was reinstalled.

Remove the used ink cartridge and

 

 

 

 

install a new one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are not using Genuine Brother

Use a new Genuine Brother

 

 

 

Innobella™ ink, the machine may not

Innobella™ Ink Cartridge. If the error

 

 

 

detect the ink cartridge.

is not cleared, call Brother Customer

 

 

 

 

Service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ink cartridge must be replaced.

Replace the ink cartridge with a new,

 

 

 

 

genuine Brother ink cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new ink cartridge has an air

Slowly turn the ink cartridge so that

 

 

 

bubble.

the ink supply port is pointing

 

 

 

 

downward, and then reinstall the

 

 

 

 

cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot Print

 

One or more of the ink cartridges

Replace the ink cartridges. (See

 

Replace XX Ink

have reached the end of their life. The

Replacing the ink cartridges

 

machine will stop all print operations.

on page 51.)

 

 

 

While memory is available, black &

 

 

 

 

white faxes will be stored in the

 

 

 

 

memory. If a sending machine has a

 

 

 

 

color fax, the machine's “handshake”

 

 

 

 

will ask that the fax be sent as black &

 

 

 

 

white. If the sending machine has the

 

 

 

 

ability to convert it, the color fax will

 

 

 

 

be stored in the memory as a black &

 

 

 

 

white fax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean Unable

XX

The machine has a mechanical

Open the scanner cover and remove

 

Init Unable

XX

problem.

any foreign objects and paper scraps

 

 

from inside the machine. If the error

 

A foreign object, such as a paper clip

 

Print Unable

XX

message continues, do the following.

B

or a piece of ripped paper, is in the

Scan Unable

XX

machine.

See Transferring your faxes or Fax

 

 

 

 

Journal report on page 67 before

 

 

 

 

disconnecting the machine so you will

 

 

 

 

not lose any important messages.

 

 

 

 

Then disconnect the machine from

 

 

 

 

the power for several minutes, and

 

 

 

 

then reconnect it.

 

 

 

 

 

Close Ink Cover

The ink cartridge cover is not locked

Firmly close the ink cartridge cover

 

 

 

in the closed position.

until it locks into place.

 

Comm.Error

 

Poor telephone line quality caused a

Send the fax again or connect the

 

 

 

communication error.

machine to another telephone line. If

 

 

 

 

the problem continues, call the

 

 

 

 

telephone company and ask them to

 

 

 

 

check your telephone line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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