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USER’S GUIDE MFC-5490CN
Section II: Fax
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Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance

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The machine does not answer 
when called.

Make sure the machine is in the correct receiving mode for your setup. (See 

Receive modes

 on page 35.) Check for a dial tone. If possible, call your machine 

to hear it answer. If there is still no answer, check that the telephone cord is 
plugged into the telephone wall jack and the LINE jack of the machine. If there is 
no ringing when you call your machine, ask your telephone company to check the 
line.

Receiving Faxes

Difficulty

Suggestions

Cannot receive a fax

Check all line cord connections. Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged into 
the telephone wall jack and the LINE jack of the machine.

Make sure the machine is in the correct receiving mode for your setup. (See 

Receive modes

 on page 35.) 

If you often have interference on the telephone line, try changing the menu setting 
of Compatibility to 

Basic(for VoIP)

. (See 

Telephone line interference

 

on page 112.)

Sending Faxes

Difficulty

Suggestions

Cannot send a fax

Check all line cord connections. Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged into 
the telephone wall jack and the LINE jack of the machine.

Make sure that the Fax 

 key is illuminated. (See 

Entering Fax mode

 

on page 28.)

Ask the other party to check that the receiving machine has paper.

Print the Transmission Verification Report and check for an error. (See 

Reports

 

on page 63.)

Transmission Verification Report 
says â€˜Result:NG’ or 
‘Result:ERROR’.

There is probably temporary noise or static on the line. Try sending the fax again. 
If you send a PC FAX message and get â€˜Result:NG’ on the Transmission 
Verification Report, your machine may be out of memory. To gain extra memory, 
you can turn off Fax Storage (see 

Turning off Remote Fax Options

 on page 58), 

print fax messages in memory (see 

Printing a fax from the memory

 on page 39) or 

cancel a Delayed Fax or Polling Job (see 

Checking and canceling waiting jobs

 

on page 33). If the problem continues, ask the telephone company to check your 
telephone line.

If you often get transmission errors due to possible interference on the telephone 
line, try changing the menu setting of Compatibility to 

Basic(for VoIP)

. (See 

Telephone line interference

 on page 112.)

Poor fax send quality.

Try changing your resolution to 

Fine

 or 

S.Fine

. Make a copy to check your 

machine's scanner operation. If the copy quality is not good, clean the scanner. 
(See 

Cleaning the scanner

 on page 125.)

Vertical black lines when sending.

If the copy you made shows the same problem, clean the scanner. (See 

Cleaning 

the scanner

 on page 125.)

Telephone Line or Connections (continued)

Difficulty

Suggestions

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Lists of information found in Brother MFC-5490CN User's Guide - Page 123

  • 35.) Check for a dial tone.
  • 35.) If you often have interference on the telephone line, try changing the menu setting of Compatibility to Basic(for VoIP) .
  • 12.) Sending Faxes Difficulty Suggestions Cannot send a fax Check all line cord connections.
  • 28.) Ask the other party to check that the receiving machine has paper.
  • 63.) Transmission Verification Report says ‘Result:NG’ or ‘Result:ERROR’.
  • 12.) Poor fax send quality.
  • 25.) Vertical black lines when sending.

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