Troubleshooting and routine maintenance

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If you are having difficulty with your machine

If you think there is a prob lem with the way your faxes look, make a copy first. If the copy looks

good, the problem is probably not your machine. Check the chart below and follow the

troubleshooting tips.

DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS
Printing or Receiving Faxes
Condensed print and hor izontal
streaks or the top and botto m of
sentences are cut off.
You probably had a bad connection, with static or interference on the telephone
line. Ask the other party to send the fax again.
Poor print quality See Impr oving the print quality on page C-16.
Horizontal streaks; lines are
missing.
You may get a fax with h orizontal streaks or w ith missing lines. Usuall y this is
caused by a poor telephone connection. Ask the other party to send the fax again.
Received faxes appear as split or
blank pages.
If the received fax es are divided an d printed on two pag es or if you get an extra
blank page, turn on the Auto Reduction menu setting. (See Printing a reduce d
incoming fax (Auto Reduction) on page 6-4.)
Phone Line or Connections
Dialing does not wo rk. Check for a dial tone. Change Tone/Pulse setting. (See Tone or Pulse on
page7-6.) Check all line cord connections. Check power cord connection. Send a
manual fax by pressing Hook or by lifting the handset of the external phone and
dialing the number. Wait to he ar fax receiving tones before pr essing Black Start.
The machine does n ot answer
when called.
Make sure the machin e is in the correct rece iving mode for your set up.
(See Receive Mode on page 6-1.) Check for a dial tone. If possible, call your
machine to hear it answe r. If there is still no answ er, check the telephon e line cord
connection. If there is no ringing when you call your machine, ask your telephone
company to check the line.