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 uu page 32.)

 

 

Sending a fax call to the machine.

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

 

Activation Code (the factory default is l 5 1). If you answered on an external

 

telephone, press Start to receive the fax. 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

Poor copy results when using the

Try using the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass uu page 24.)

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

 

uu page 53.)

 

 

Fit to Page does not work correctly.

Make sure your source document is not skewed.

 

Reposition the document and try again.

 

 

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