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G - 2 GLOSSARY
Coding method Method of coding the information contained in the
document. All fax machines must use a minimum standard of
Modified Huffman (MH). Your MFC is capable of greater
compression methods, Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified
Read (MMR) and JPEG, if the receiving machine has the same
capability.
Communication error (or Comm. Error) An error during fax
sending or receiving, usually caused by line noise or static.
Compatibility group The ability of one fax unit to communicate
with another. Compatibility is assured between ITU-T Groups.
Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light documents, by
making faxes or copies of dark documents lighter and light
documents darker.
Delayed Fax (MFC-420CN only) Sends your fax at a specified later
time that day.
Distinctive Ring A subscriber service purchased from the
telephone company that gives you another phone number on an
existing phone line. The Brother MFC uses the new number to
simulate a dedicated fax line.
Dual Access Your MFC can scan outgoing faxes or scheduled jobs
into memory at the same time it is sending a fax or receiving or
printing an incoming fax.
Easy Receive Enables your MFC to respond to CNG tones if you
interrupt a fax call by answering it.
ECM (Error Correction Mode) Detects errors during fax
transmission and resends the pages of the fax that had an error.
Extension phone A telephone on the fax number that is plugged
into a separate wall jack.
External phone A telephone that is plugged into the EXT jack of
your MFC.
F/T Ring Time The length of time that the Brother MFC rings (when
the Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up a
voice call that it answered.
Fax Forwarding (MFC-420CN only) Sends a fax received into the
memory to another pre-programmed fax number.