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Brother MFC-885CW User's Guide

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-685CW MFC-885CW
Section II: Fax
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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.

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.

Re-start printing from your computer.

Print data is left in the machine's 
memory. The USB cable was 
unplugged while the computer 
was sending the data to the 
machine.

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 ADF

 on page 10.

See 

Document jam

 on page 143.

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 52.)

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.

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  • 43. DR Mode in Use The machine is set to Distinctive Ring mode.
  • 52.) High Temperature The print head is too warm.

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