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Troubleshooting
Error messages
As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur. If this happens, your MFC identifies
the problem and displays an error message. The most common error messages are shown below.
You can correct most problems by yourself. If you need more help, the Brother Solutions Center
offers latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips.
Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com.
Troubleshooting and routine
maintenance
IMPORTANT
For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the MFC. Calls must be made
from within
that country.
ERROR MESSAGES
ERROR MESSAGE
CAUSE
ACTION
Back Cover Open
The back cover is not completely
closed.
Close the back cover of the MFC.
Change Drum Soon
The drum unit is near the end of its life
Use the drum unit until you have a print quality
problem; then replace the drum unit with a new one.
Replacing the drum unit (DR-350)
Comm.Error
Poor phone line quality caused a
communication error.
Send the fax again or connect the MFC to another
telephone line. If the problem continues, call the
telephone company and ask them to check your phone
line.
Connection Fail
You tried to poll a fax machine that is
not in Polled Waiting mode.
Check the other fax machineās polling setup.
Cooling Down
Wait for a while
The temperature of the drum unit or
toner cartridge is too hot. The MFC will
pause its current print job and go into
cooling down mode. During the cooling
down mode, you will hear the cooling
fan running while the display on the
MFC shows
Cooling
Down
, and
Wait for a while
.
You must wait 20 minutes for it to cool.
Cover is Open
The front cover is not completely
closed.
Close the front cover of the MFC.
Data Remaining
Print data is left in the MFCās memory.
Re-start printing from your computer.
Print data is left in the MFCās memory.
The USB or Parallel cable was
unplugged while the computer was
sending the data to the MFC.
Press
Job Cancel
. The MFC will cancel the job and
clear it from the memory.
Try to print again.
Disconnected
The other person or other personās fax
machine stopped the call.
Try to send or receive again.