Operations

Fax – sending

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause & solution

 

 

 

 

I cannot send documents.

● The telephone line cord is connected to the EXT jack on

 

 

 

the unit. Connect to the LINE jack (p. 16).

 

 

 

 

● The other party’s fax machine is busy or has run out of

 

 

 

 

recording paper. Try again.

 

 

 

 

● The other party’s machine is not a facsimile. Check with

 

 

 

the other party.

 

 

 

 

● The other party’s fax machine rings too many times. Send

 

 

 

the fax manually – dial the number, confirm the fax tone,

 

 

 

then press FAX/START .

 

 

 

 

The other party complains that

● If your line has special telephone services such as call

 

letters on their received

waiting, the service may have been activated during fax

 

document are distorted or not

transmission. Connect the unit to a line that does not have

clear.

these services.

 

 

 

 

● The extension telephone on the same line is off the hook.

 

 

 

Hang up the extension telephone and try again.

 

 

 

 

● Try copying the document. If the copied image is clear,

 

 

 

 

there may be something wrong with the other party’s

 

 

 

 

machine.

 

 

 

 

The other party complains that

● The glass or rollers are dirty. Clean them (p. 74).

 

dirty patterns or black lines

 

 

 

appear on their received

 

 

 

document.

 

 

 

 

 

I cannot send a fax overseas.

● Use the overseas transmission mode of feature #23 (p. 58).

 

 

 

● Add two pauses at the end of the telephone number or

 

 

 

 

dial manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax – receiving

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause & solution

 

 

 

I cannot receive documents.

● The telephone line cord is connected to the EXT jack on

 

 

 

the unit. Connect to the LINE jack (p. 16).

 

 

 

I cannot receive documents

● The receive mode is set to TEL mode. Set to FAX ONLY

automatically.

mode (p. 45) or TEL/FAX mode (p. 46).

 

 

 

 

● The time taken to answer the call is too long. Decrease

 

 

 

 

the number of rings: feature #06 (p. 56), #30 (p. 59) and

 

 

 

#78 (p. 61).

 

 

 

The display shows the

● The incoming call is not a fax. Change the receive mode

following, but faxes are not

to TEL mode (p. 44).

 

received.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONNECTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A blank sheet is ejected.

● If a blank sheet is ejected after the received document is

 

 

 

printed out, the receiving reduction rate is not programmed

 

 

 

correctly. Program the proper rate in feature #36 (p. 59).

 

 

 

 

● The other party placed the document in their fax machine

 

 

 

the wrong way. Check with the other party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(continued)

 

For fax advantage assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

 

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KX-FPC161 specifications

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