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❏ If a communication error occurs, change the Fax Speed setting to Slow(9,600bps) on the control panel.
❏ Check that the telephone wall jack works by connecting a phone to it and testing it. If you cannot make or
receive calls, contact your telecommunication company.
❏ To connect to a DSL phone line, you need to use a DSL modem equipped with a built-in DSL
lter,
or install a
separate DSL
lter
to the line. Contact your DSL provider.
❏ If you are connecting to a DSL phone line, connect the printer directly to a telephone wall jack to see if the
printer can send a fax. If it works, the problem may be caused by the DSL lter. Contact your DSL provider.
❏ Enable the ECM setting on the control panel. Color faxes cannot be sent or received when ECM is o.
❏ To send or receive faxes using the computer, make sure that the printer is connected using a USB cable or to a
network, and that the printer driver and the PC-FAX Driver have been installed on the computer. e PC-FAX
Driver is installed together with the FAX Utility.
❏ In Windows, make sure the printer (fax) is displayed in Devices and Printers, Printer, or Printers and Other
Hardware.
e
printer (fax) is displayed as "EPSON XXXXX (FAX)". If the printer (fax) is not displayed,
uninstall and then re-install the FAX Utility. See the following to access Devices and Printers, Printer, or
Printers and Other Hardware.
❏ Windows 8.1/Windows 8
Select Desktop > Settings > Control Panel > View devices and printers in Hardware and Sound or
Hardware.
❏ Wind ow s 7
Click the start button, and then select Control Panel > Vie w d e v i c e s a n d pr i n t e r s in Hardware and Sound
or Hardware.
❏ Wind ow s Vist a
Click the start button, and select Control Panel > Printers in Hardware and Sound.
❏ Wind ow s X P
Click the start button, and select Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Printers and Faxes.
❏ In Mac OS X, check the following.
❏ Select System Preferences from the
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
then select the printer (fax) displayed. e printer (fax) is displayed as "FAX XXXX (USB)" or "FAX XXXX
(IP)". If the printer (fax) is not displayed, click + and then register the printer (fax).
❏ Select System Preferences from the
menu, select Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan,Print & Fax),
and then double-click the printer (fax). If the printer is paused, click Resume (or Resume Printer).
Related Information
& “Checking Whether you can use the Fax” on page 111
& “Setting the Line Type” on page 112
&
“Fax Settings (Fax-capable printers only)” on page 35
&
“Uninstalling Applications” on page 155
&
“Installing Applications” on page 157
Cannot Send Faxes
❏ Set up the header information for outgoing faxes on the control panel. Some fax machines automatically reject
incoming faxes that do not include header information.
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