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Chapter 11

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Troubleshooting

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LGL may not be available depending on the country of purchase.

„ Cannot Receive Faxes Automatically

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This setting is only available in US and Canada.

„ Machine Does Not Switch Automatically between Voice and Fax Calls

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This setting is only available in US and Canada.

„ Quality of Received Fax is Poor

Ink is running low or ink has run out.

Received faxes are stored in memory and not printed if the ink is running
low or has run out. Replace the ink tank (see

“Replacing an Ink Tank” on

page 142

) and print the fax from memory. (See

“Printing or Deleting a

Document in Memory” on page 114

.)

Note

Faxes received in the fax mode start printing automatically after the ink
tank is replaced.

Cause

Action

The receive mode displayed on the
bottom left of the LCD is not only>, ,
,

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,

or .

If the receive mode is , you cannot receive faxes unless you
pick up the handset and either press [Color] or [Black], or dial the remote
receiving ID.

If you want to receive faxes automatically, which means not having to do
anything when you are sent a fax, set the receive mode to ,
, ,

*1

, or

. See

“Receive Modes” on page 119

.

If the receive mode is , connect an answering
machine to the machine and check that a message plays back when the
answering machine answers.

Cause

Action

The receive mode displayed on the
bottom left of the LCD is not machine connect.>, switch>,

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, or

switch>.

There will be no automatic switching between voice and fax calls unless
the receive mode is set to , switch>,

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, or .

If the receive mode is , connect an answering
machine to the machine and check that a message plays back when the
answering machine answers.

Cause

Action

is set to .

Set to . See

“ECM RX” on page 139

.

The sender's original document or
fax machine is dirty.

The image quality of the fax is mainly determined by the sender's fax
machine. Contact the sender and check whether the scanning area of his/
her fax machine is not dirty.

ECM sending/receiving is not
enabled although the line/
connection is poor.

z On your machine, set to . (See

“ECM RX” on page 139

.)

z Contact the sender and check that his/her machine is set to enable

ECM sending.

z If the sender's or receiver’s fax is not ECM-compatible, the fax will be

sent/received in the standard mode

z Reduce the reception start speed. See

“RX start speed” on page 140

.

Cause

Action