Just in case . . .

“Check Message” printouts

When a fax call goes awry and your machine detects an error, it produces an error printout headed by the words “Check Message”. This printout lists the following information about the transmission:

The resulting error code

A communications error message (see previous page)

The phone number (or, perhaps, TTI) of the fax machine with which your machine had attempted to communicate

What error messages can mean

The error messages on Check Message printouts can mean a variety of things. Here’s a brief summary:

Error Message

Possible Meanings

Check condition of remote fax

Remote machine malfunctioned

 

No “handshake” signals from remote fax

 

Wrong phone number reached

 

 

Repeat transmission

Poor phone line conditions

 

No “handshake” signals from remote fax

 

Document misfeed or miscount

 

Unable to reach remote machine after

 

attempting specified number of redial tries

 

 

Line is busy

Remote machine’s line was busy

 

Remote machine’s line didn’t answer

 

 

Check received documents

Receive confirmation signal not received

 

from remote fax

 

Poor line conditions caused a poor image

 

 

Memory full

Remote fax’s memory capacity exceeded

 

 

Dialing number is not set

Stored phone number failed to dial properly

 

 

Stopped

Someone pressed STOP at the remote fax in

 

the middle of the “handshake”

 

 

 

 

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