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Brother MFC-660CN User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-440CN/MFC-660CN
Section II:Fax
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Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance

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Printing Received Faxes

Difficulty

Suggestions

Condensed print and white streaks 
across the page or the top and 
bottom 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.

Vertical black lines when receiving. The sender's scanner may be dirty. Ask the sender to make a copy to see if the 

problem is with the sending machine. Try receiving from another fax machine.

Received colour fax prints only in 
black and white.

Replace the colour ink cartridges that are empty or nearly empty, and then ask the 
other person to send the colour fax again. (See 

Replacing the ink cartridges

 on 

page 132.) Check that Advanced Fax Operation is set to off. (See 

Turning off 

Advanced Fax Operations

 on page 71.)

Left and Right margins are cut off or 
a single page is printed on two 
pages.

Turn on Auto Reduction. (See 

Printing a reduced incoming fax

 on page 44.)

Phone Line or Connections

Difficulty

Suggestions

Dialling does not work. (No dial 
tone)

Make sure the machine is plugged in and not in Power Save mode.

Check all line cord connections.

Change Tone/Pulse setting. (See 

Quick Setup Guide

.)

Lift the external phone’s handset, (or the machine’s handset or cordless handset 
if available), and then dial the number to send a manual fax. Wait to hear fax 
receiving tone before pressing 

Mono Start

 or 

Colour Start

.

The machine does not answer 
when called.

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

Choosing the Receive Mode

 on page 40.) Check for a dial tone. If possible, call 

your machine to hear it answer. If there is still no answer, check the telephone line 
cord connection. 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 machine is in the correct receiving mode for your setup. (See 

Receive mode settings

 on page 42.) 

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

Basic

. (See 

Phone line interference

 on page 132.)

If you connect your machine to PBX or ISDN, set the menu setting of Phone Line 
Type to your phone type. (See 

Setting the Phone Line Type

 on page 49.)

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Lists of information found in Brother MFC-660CN User Manual - Page 133

  • 32.) Check that Advanced Fax Operation is set to off.
  • 71.) Left and Right margins are cut off or a single page is printed on two pages.
  • 44.) Phone Line or Connections Difficulty Suggestions Dialling does not work.
  • 42.) If you often have interference on the phone line, try changing the menu setting of Compatibility to Basic .
  • 32.) If you connect your machine to PBX or ISDN, set the menu setting of Phone Line Type to your phone type.

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