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Lexmark X6150 My fax machine has stopped working. It tries to connect to the phone line but nothing happens. We have tried to reset the connections, checked the wires and nothing has changed. What could be causing this problem? It just worked a week ago.

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Make sure the wire from the wall is plugged into the port marked "line" and not "phone". Also try plugging a regular phone into the wall and make sure you can make and receive a call. It could be a phone line problem.

Posted on Jun 26, 2007

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