User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Basic User’s Guide FAX-2840/FAX-2950
- User’s Guides and where do I find them?
- Download optional software from the Brother Solutions Center (FAX-2840 users only)
- Table of Contents
- 1 General information
- 2 Loading paper
- 3 Loading documents
- 4 Sending a fax
- 5 Receiving a fax
- 6 Using PC-FAX (For FAX-2950)
- 7 Telephone and external devices
- 8 Dialling and storing numbers
- 9 Making copies
- 10 How to print from a computer (For FAX-2950)
- 11 How to scan to a computer (For FAX-2950)
- A Routine maintenance
- B Troubleshooting
- C Menu and features
- D Specifications
- Index
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Cover is Open The Control panel cover was
open when you loaded a
document.
Close the Control panel cover of the
machine, then press Stop/Exit.
Cover is Open The fuser cover is not completely
closed or paper was jammed in
the back of the machine when the
power was turned on.
Close the fuser cover of the machine.
Make sure paper is not jammed inside
the back of the machine, and then close
the fuser cover and press Start.
Disconnected The other person or other
person’s fax machine stopped the
call.
Try to send or receive again.
Document Jam The document was not inserted
or fed correctly, or the document
scanned from the ADF was too
long.
See Document was not inserted or fed
properly, or was too long uu page 83 or
Using the automatic document feeder (ADF)
uu page 25.
Drum Error The corona wire on the drum unit
needs to be cleaned.
Clean the corona wire on the drum unit.
(See Cleaning the corona wire
uu page 66.)
Drum Stop It is time to replace the drum unit. Replace the drum unit. (See Replacing the
drum unit uu page 59.)
EL Error The machine has a mechanical
problem.
Open the front cover and close it again.
Fuser Error The temperature of the fuser unit
does not rise to a specified
temperature within the specified
time.
(For FAX-2840)
Received fax messages still in memory will
be lost when the machine is turned off. See
Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal
report uu page 82 before disconnecting the
machine so you will not lose any important
messages. Then, turn the power switch off,
wait a few seconds, and then turn it on
again. Leave the machine for 15 minutes
with the power on.
(For FAX-2950)
Turn the power switch off, wait a few
seconds, and then turn it on again. Leave
the machine for 15 minutes with the power
on.
The fuser unit is too hot.
Error Message Cause Action