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As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur. If this happens, your machine identifies
the error and shows an error message. The most common error messages are shown below.
You can correct most errors by yourself. If you need more help, the Brother Solutions Center offers
the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips.
Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com
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Error Message Cause Action
Comm.Error Poor telephone line quality
caused a communication error.
Send the fax again or connect the machine
to another telephone line. If the problem
continues, call the telephone company and
ask them to check your telephone line.
Connection Fail You tried to poll a fax machine
that is not in Polled Waiting mode.
Check the other fax machine's polling
setup.
Cover is Open. The scanner cover is not closed
completely.
Lift the scanner cover and then close it
again.
The ink cartridge cover is not
completely closed.
Firmly close the ink cartridge cover until it
clicks.
Data Remaining
Print data is left in the machine's
memory.
Press Stop/Exit. The machine will cancel
the job and clear it from the memory. Try to
print again.
Disconnected The other person or other
person's fax machine stopped the
call.
Try to send or receive again.
Document Jam The document was not inserted or
fed properly, or the document
scanned from the ADF was too
long.
See Using the ADF on page 9.
See Document jam on page 128.
DR Mode in Use The machine is set to Distinctive
Ring mode. You cannot change
the Receive Mode from Manual to
another mode.
Set Distinctive Ring to off. (See Turning off
Distinctive Ring on page 46.)
High Temperature The print head is too warm. Allow the machine to cool down.
Hub is Unusable. A Hub or USB Flash memory
drive with Hub has been
connected to the USB direct
interface.
A Hub or USB Flash memory drive with
Hub are not supported. Unplug the device
from the USB direct interface.
Image Too Long. The proportions of your photo are
irregular so effects could not be
added.
choose a regularly proportioned image.
Image Too Small. The size of your photo is too small
to trim.
Choose a larger image.