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I DON'T RECEIVED ANY THING I LISTEN THE NOISE FOR THE FAX

I LISTEN THE NOISE FOR RECEIVED FAX DON'T PRINT ANY THING AT CHANGE ALL THE INK I CONNECT AND DESCONNECTE FROM THE WALL AT TURN OFF A WAIT FIVE SECOND AND TURN ON AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE HELP ME THANK SO MUCH.

  • fran584 Aug 29, 2008

    I am able to send a fax just cannot receive. I have a new cartridge and the sent material is legible. Just cannot get machine to receive.

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I guess the printer works fine when printing from pc. In this case plz read the manual. It explains the settings for the fax connection. You might have chosen a wrong fax setting. manual can be downloaded here:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/Public_s/index.html
(choose your country and your machine). Here you can find a faq too.

In case the printer doesnt print anything (even no document) from pc or doesnt do copies) it could be that your printhead is clogged.

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Sadly in a word, 'No'.

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Your Brother machine is designed to stop ALL printing operations
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