When trying to fax it says auto-redial, what does that mean?

This section describes dialing and sending faxes directly using the Numeric buttons.

note:

• A PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is an on-site telephone switchboard. If your machine is connected through a PBX or other telephone switching systems, you have to dial the outside line access number first, and then the number of the party you are calling.
  

Sending a Fax with the Numeric Buttons .

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1. Preparing for sending a fax.(1) Make sure that the power is turned on.

(2) Load a document on the Platen Glass or in the ADF.

important:

• When sending a double-sided document, set the document on the Platen Glass. You cannot scan double-sided documents from the ADF.

(3) Press the FAX button.
The fax standby screen will appear.

(4) Adjust the density (scan contrast) or image quality (fax resolution) as necessary.
See "Adjusting the Sending Quality"

2. Sending the fax.

• When the document was loaded on the Platen Glass:

(1) Use the Numeric buttons to dial the recipient's number.

(2) Press the Color button for color sending, or the Black button for black & white sending.
important:

• Color sending requires that the recipient's fax machine supports color faxing.

(3) Press the OK button.
The machine starts sending the fax.
note: When loading two or more documents

• Load the next page, and press the same button as you pressed in (2) of step 2. Repeat the same procedure to scan all pages of the document, and press the OK button.
  
• When you have sent the first page with the Black button, the following pages will be sent in black and white.

When the document was loaded in the ADF:

(1) Use the Numeric buttons to dial the recipient's number.
(2) Press the Color button for color sending, or the Black button for black & white sending.
The machine scans the document automatically and starts sending the fax.
important:

• Color sending requires that the recipient's fax machine supports color faxing.

note:

• To cancel sending a fax, press the Stop button, and follow the instructions on the LCD.
  
  
• If documents remain in the ADF after pressing the Stop button during scanning, "Close the feeder cover [OK]Eject the document" will appear on the LCD. Press the OK button so that the remaining document is automatically fed out.

Automatic redialing

• When sending a fax and the recipient's line is busy, the machine will redial the number after a specified interval. Auto redial is enabled by default. Auto redial can be enabled or disabled by selecting ON or OFF. Select ON to specify the number of redialing in Redial times and redialing interval in Redial interval.

Redialing the Number Dialed with the Numeric Buttons

1.Prepare for sending a fax.
(1) Make sure that the power is turned on.
(2) Load a document on the Platen Glass or in the ADF.
(3) Press the FAX button.
The fax standby screen will appear.
(4) Adjust the image density (scan contrast) or quality (fax resolution) as necessary.
See "Adjusting the Sending Quality"
2. Select the telephone number recently dialed.
(1) Press the Redial/Pause button.
Most recently dialed fax number using the Numeric buttons will appear.
(2) Use the (-) or (+) button to select the number to redial.

(3) Press the OK button.
The selected number will appear in the fax standby screen.
3. Send the fax.
Press the Color button for color sending, or the Black button for black & white sending.
important:

• Color sending requires that the recipient's fax machine supports color faxing.

No, it did not go through, it keeps trying to send it until you press STOP while it is redialing.

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Try this site for user guides....Hope this helps.

the printer has a fax modem either on board or on its own.the board is faulty.

Yes, scroll through the set-up menus and set Number of Redials

Try removing the ink and printhead, turn printer off and then on. If printer asks you for the printhead, then ink, then you may have just gotten a working printer again. I hope this works.

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Unplug it.

Hi,
This is what the code means:
Redial was not successful due to no response from the called station or wrong number dialed.
Note: If busy tone was not detected, the machine will only redial once.
So the your fax machine is getting no response from the fax you're calling.
Hope that helps...

That codes says:

"Redial count over with no response
or busy tone was not detected.
Note:
U.S.A. and Canadian models
will redial only once if a busy
tone is not detected."

The number you're dialing was first busy. When it went to redial, it detected no phone signal on the other end. If it happens to only 1 or 2 customers, then it's something to do with their lines and you can't fix that.
If it happens often, then get your phone lines checked out by your phone company, make sure your fax is not sharing the line with another other device and make sure it is not a digital line.
Other than that, you're looking at having to replace the main board in the fax. Which basically means it's time for a new fax machine.