Troubleshooting 
Xerox
®
 AltaLink
®
 C80XX Series Multifunction Printer  313 
User Guide 
Fax Problems 
This section includes: 
• Problems Sending Faxes ............................................................................................................................................. 313
• P
roblems Receiving Faxes ........................................................................................................................................... 314
• Printing Fax Reports...................................................................................................................................................... 315
If your printer cannot send and receive faxes, ensure that the printer is connected to an approved analog 
telephone line. The fax machine cannot send or receive faxes when it is connected directly to a digital 
telephone line without the use of an analog filter. 
Note: If the fax connection is poor, transmit the fax at a lower rate. For the Starting Rate, select Forced 
(4800 bps). 
Problems Sending Faxes 
Symptoms  Probable Causes  Solutions 
The document is not feeding 
properly through the document 
feeder. 
The document is too thick, too thin, or 
too small. 
Use the document glass. 
The document is scanned at an 
angle. 
The document feeder width guides are 
not adjusted to fit the width of the 
document. 
Adjust the document feeder width 
guides so that they fit against the 
document. 
The fax received by the recipient 
is blurry. 
The document is positioned incorrectly. 
Position the document correctly. 
The document glass is dirty.  Clean the document glass. 
The text in the document is too light. 
Adjust the resolution. Adjust the 
contrast. 
There is a problem with the telephone 
connection. 
Verify that the telephone line is 
working, then send the fax again. 
There is a problem with one of the fax 
machines. 
Make a copy to verify that the 
printer can make clean copies and 
prints. If the copy prints correctly, 
have the recipient verify that their 
fax machine is operating correctly. 
The fax received by the recipient 
is blank. 
The document was loaded incorrectly. 
• If using the document feeder,
place the original document
face up.
• If using the document glass,
place the original document face
down.
Fax was not transmitted.  The fax number is wrong.  Verify the fax number.