Error codes, messages and solutions

The following table summarizes the error codes that appear on Activity reports (see p. 79), the displayed messages and what to do for each error.

Message

Error Code

Cause

Action

BUSY/NO SIGNAL

#005/018

The telephone

Try sending the document

 

 

number you dialed is

at a later time.

 

 

busy.

 

 

 

The other party’s fax

Contact the other party

 

 

is not working.

and have them check

 

 

 

their fax.

The other party is not using a G3 machine.

The touch tone/rotary pulse setting on your FAXPHONE is incor- rect.

The receiving fax did not answer within 35 seconds.

Contact the other party and have them send or receive the document using a G3 machine.

Set your FAXPHONE to the setting that matches your telephone line.

(See p. 14)

Contact the other party and have them check their fax. You can try to send the document manually. For an overseas call, add pauses to the registered number. (See p. 33)

CHANGE CARTRIDGE –

The BJ cartridge is

Replace the BJ cartridge.

 

empty or the ink has

(See p. 91)

 

dried out.

 

 

 

 

CHECK REC PAPER

#009

No paper in the

 

 

FAXPHONE or there

 

 

is a paper jam.

Add paper or clear the jam, then press [STOP]. (See pp. 6 and 86)

CHK. FRONT COVER

The front cover is

Close the front cover.

 

 

open.

 

 

 

 

 

CHECK DOCUMENT

#001

Document is

Remove the document

 

 

jammed.

you are trying to send or

 

 

 

copy and start again.

 

 

 

(See p. 86)

 

 

 

 

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