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Brother MFC-9440CN User's Guide

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-9440CN
Section II Fax
Section VI Appendixes
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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.

Cooling Down
Wait for a while

The temperature of the drum unit 
or toner cartridge is too hot. The 
machine 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 LCD shows 

Cooling Down

, and 

Wait for a while

.

Make sure that you can hear the fan in the 
machine spinning and that the exhaust outlet 
isn't blocked by something.

If the fan is spinning, remove any obstacles that 
surround the exhaust outlet, and then leave the 
machine turned on but do not use it for several 
minutes.

If the fan is not spinning follow the suggestions 
below.

Turn off the machine's power switch and then 
turn it on again. If the error message continues 
leave the machine for several minutes and then 
try it again. (The machine can be turned off for 
up to 4 days without losing faxes stored in the 
memory.)

Cover is Open

The front cover is not closed 
completely.

Close the front cover of the machine.

Cover is Open

The back cover is not closed 
completely.

Close the back cover of the machine.

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 

Document jams

 on page 131 or 

Using the 

ADF (automatic document feeder)

 on page 18.

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 47.)

Drum End 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.

(See 

Replacing the drum unit

 on page 166.)

The drum unit counter was not 
reset when a new drum was 
installed.

Press 

Menu

8

4

, and then 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Drum.

Press 

OK

 and press 

1

 to reset the drum unit 

counter.

Drum Error

The corona wires on the drum 
unit needs to be cleaned.

Clean the four corona wires on the drum unit. 
(See 

Cleaning the corona wires

 on page 147.)

Error Message

Cause

Action

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  • 18. DR Mode in Use The machine is set to Distinctive Ring mode.
  • 47.) Drum End Soon The drum unit is near the end of its life.
  • 66.) The drum unit counter was not reset when a new drum was installed.

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