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Troubleshoot fax problems, Dial Tone Detection, Fax Line Condition Test

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● If your telephone system is not using a standard dial tone, such as some private branch exchange (PBX) systems, this might cause the test to fail. This does not cause a problem sending or receiving faxes. Try sending or receiving a test fax. ● Check to make sure the country/region setting is set appropriately for your country/region. If the country/region setting is not set or is set incorrectly, the test might fail and you might have problems sending and receiving faxes. ● Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax. After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for faxing. If the Dial Tone Detection test continues to fail, contact your telephone company and have them check the phone line. The "Fax Line Condition" test failed ● Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax. ● Check the connection between the telephone wall jack and the printer to make sure the phone cord is secure. ● Connect one end of the phone cord to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled on the back of the printer. ● Other equipment, which uses the same phone line as the printer, might be causing the test to fail. To find out if other equipment is causing a problem, disconnect everything from the phone line, and then run the test again. - If the Fax Line Condition Test passes without the other equipment, then one or more pieces of the equipment is causing problems; try adding them back one at a time and rerunning the test each time, until you identify which piece of equipment is causing the problem. - If the Fax Line Condition Test fails without the other equipment, connect the printer to a working phone line and continue reviewing the troubleshooting information in this section. ● If you are using a phone splitter, this can cause faxing problems. (A splitter is a two-cord connector that plugs into a telephone wall jack.) Try removing the splitter and connecting the printer directly to the telephone wall jack. After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for faxing. If the Fax Line Condition test continues to fail and you experience problems faxing, contact your telephone company and have them check the phone line. Troubleshoot fax problems What kind of fax problem are you having? ● The display always shows Phone Off Hook ● The printer is having problems sending and receiving faxes ● The printer cannot receive faxes, but can send faxes ENWW Get help in this guide 159

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If your telephone system is not using a standard dial tone, such as some private branch exchange (PBX)
systems, this might cause the test to fail. This does not cause a problem sending or receiving faxes. Try
sending or receiving a test fax.
Check to make sure the country/region setting is set appropriately for your country/region. If the
country/region setting is not set or is set incorrectly, the test might fail and you might have problems
sending and receiving faxes.
Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check
if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do
not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the
printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax.
After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready
for faxing. If the
Dial Tone Detection
test continues to fail, contact your telephone company and have them
check the phone line.
The "Fax Line Condition" test failed
Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check
if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do
not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the
printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax.
Check the connection between the telephone wall jack and the printer to make sure the phone cord is
secure.
Connect one end of the phone cord to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port
labeled
on the back of the printer.
Other equipment, which uses the same phone line as the printer, might be causing the test to fail. To find
out if other equipment is causing a problem, disconnect everything from the phone line, and then run
the test again.
If the
Fax Line Condition Test
passes without the other equipment, then one or more pieces of the
equipment is causing problems; try adding them back one at a time and rerunning the test each
time, until you identify which piece of equipment is causing the problem.
If the
Fax Line Condition Test
fails without the other equipment, connect the printer to a working
phone line and continue reviewing the troubleshooting information in this section.
If you are using a phone splitter, this can cause faxing problems. (A splitter is a two-cord connector that
plugs into a telephone wall jack.) Try removing the splitter and connecting the printer directly to the
telephone wall jack.
After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready
for faxing. If the
Fax Line Condition
test continues to fail and you experience problems faxing, contact your
telephone company and have them check the phone line.
Troubleshoot fax problems
What kind of fax problem are you having?
The display always shows Phone
Off
Hook
The printer is having problems sending and receiving faxes
The printer cannot receive faxes, but can send faxes
ENWW
Get help in this guide
159