Error Messages - Brother MFC4450 Owner's Manual

MFC 4450/OP-US-5.0
TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES

Error Messages

Occasionally, you may have a problem with your MFC or telephone line. If this
happens, your MFC usually identifies the problem and displays an error message.
Refer to the following list when you see an error message on the display.
Error messages are listed below in alphabetical order.
CHANGE
C
CHANGE
CHANGE
TONER
CHECK
CHECK
C O M M . E R R O R
CONNECTION
14-2
You can clear a print quality problem by
DRUM
replacing the drum unit with a new one if the
display shows CHANGE DRUM. The drum
unit is at the end of its life.
If the display shows CHANGE TONER and at
TONER
the same time the Toner Empty LED on the
control panel flashes on and off, you can still
print. But the toner is depleted and it is telling
you that the toner will soon run out. Order a
new toner cartridge now.
The toner is used up and printing is not possible.
TONER
Replace the toner cartridge with a new one.
(See page 12-1~4.)
EMPTY
The MFC is out of paper or the paper is not
PAPER
properly loaded in the multipurpose sheet
feeder. Refill the paper or remove the paper
and load it again.
Your Paper Size setting may not be set correctly
PAPER SIZE
for the paper you are using (see page 6-5~6).
When you see this error, the reduction ratio
automatically will be changed to AUTO if you
have used a fixed reduction ratio (see page
6-7~8).
A poor quality phone line caused a
communications error. Try the call again.
You requested the polling function even though
FAIL
the machine you called does not have the
polling feature.