MFC-5490CN

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Forward a fax to another fax machine when my machine has a mechanical problem.

You can transfer faxes in the memory of your machine if one of the following messages is displayed on the LCD:

 

  • Unable to Clean XX (Clean Unable XX)
  • Unable to Initialize XX or Unable to Init. XX (Init Unable XX)
  • Unable to Print XX (Print Unable XX)
  • Unable to Scan XX (Scan Unable XX)

 

  1. Press Stop/Exit to interrupt the error temporarily.
  2. Press Settings or Menu and select Service => Data Transfer => Fax Transfer.
  3. Do one of the following:

     

    • If the LCD shows No Data, there are no faxes left in the machine's memory.
      Press Stop/Exit.
    • Enter the fax number to which faxes will be forwarded.
  4. Press Black Start or Mono Start.
  • If you have not set up your Station ID, you cannot enter fax transfer mode.
    > Click here to see how to set up the Station ID.
  • You can send the Fax Journal report to another fax machine.
    Press Settings or Menu and select Service => Data Transfer => Report Trans. in Step 2.

 

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