Brother Comm Error 8001

It might help to reduce the fax modem speed to 14.4. Some other people's fax machines may be very old models.

This means that your Brother machine experienced a communications error when sending or receiving a FAX. This is generally caused by either interference on the line, phone line connection or another device on the line.
Try resending the documents and see if the message no longer appears.

If the message still appears, there may be a problem with the way the Brother machine is connected or you may have a bad telephone line. Disconnect any other equipment on the telephone line, i.e. answering machine, modem, extra telephones, switching devices, adapters, etc. Make sure the telephone line is connected directly from the jack (socket) on the Brother machine labeled "Line" to the telephone wall jack (socket).
Try resending again. If the transmission is successful, the problem was created by the connection of the Brother machine and the other devices on the line. Reconnect the other pieces of equipment one at a time to see which is causing the problem. If the error continues to appear on the report, try connecting the Brother machine to a different telephone line or have the line checked by the telephone company.

Your machine failed to communicate diring the initial protocol. This is the handshake that tells the receiving fax that you are what you are. IMPORTANT Check that your fax ID is entered in the fax, as some countries require that if it is not present to reject it. This can also be set on any receiving fax to reject junk fax. So Both the TTI and the CSI must be entered in your fax to work.

There is a big chance this is a line problem, contact your phone line company before trying to fix or replace your Fax modem on the MFP.

Good Luck

Here is a link to Hp for your Laserjet 3030. Look under Troubleshooting Fax Codes and Trace Reports. Click on 'Fax send and receive codes'. Scroll down the page to locate each code that you mentioned. I suggest calling your fax number from a cell phone to see if the fax line is clean (doesn't have any noise or static other than the "handshake digital tones") If it does have other NOISE....have the phone company check your fax's phone line for troubles. Let me know.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=378056&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=378056&objectID=c00062808#A5

Get a new phone wire. Put a phone on the line and listen for static. Too many phones on one line will cause problems. If the phone line is going thru a surge protector, check the quality of the sound with it and without it, it may be damaged. Keep power wires away from phone wires, they cause static.

It could be line noise on the phone.., which allows phones to work ok, but causes problems with faxes. See this document from the brother website concerning comm.error:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/ca/en/faq/faq/000000/000100/000067/faq000167_000.html?reg=us&c=ca&lang=en&prod=fax2800_us&Cat=11

Would recommend having the phone company run a line check to make sure the phone line is clean of interference !

what do we do if our dell fax machine lazer mfp 1825 doesnt send or recieve faxes?

232-A communication failure has occurred between the two machines.
327-*Reattempt the fax reception at a different time when telephone line conditions have improved. Call the telephone provider if line conditions fail to improve.
356-The remote user has pressed the Stop key, causing the session to be aborted.
442-An error occurred during transmission after one or more partial pages had been sent. The transmitting machine was unable to restart the control channel (handshaking) before sending more data. This error typically occurs when the receiving fax disconnects after receiving part of a page but can also occur if the receiving fax is using a fax format that is incompatible with the HP fax machine (usually during color faxing).