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Glossary
A
AC
Alternating current. The type of electrical current
available from a wall outlet.
Activity report
Journal of transactions, both sent and received.
ADF
Automatic Document Feeder. The document tray on
the FAXPHONE holds 20 sheets of paper.
Ans. Machine Mode
If you connect an answering machine to your
FAXPHONE, this option allows you to receive docu-
ments sent from other fax machines, as well as mes-
sages from people calling when you are out.
Automatic dialing
Dialing fax or telephone numbers by pressing one
or three buttons. To use automatic dialing, you must
register the numbers in the FAXPHONE’s memory.
See also One-touch Speed Dialing and Coded Speed
Dialing.
B
Bi-directional printing
The ability of the FAXPHONE to print both left to
right and right to left. This printing method provides
a fast speed. See also Unidirectional printing.
bps
Bits per second. Refers to the speed with which a
fax machine sends and receives data.
Broadcasting
Transmitting documents to more than one location
(through the FAXPHONE’s memory).
Bubble Jet printing
An ink-jet type printing method that heats the ink to
the boiling point to form a bubble. When the bubble
expands, there is no room left in the nozzle for the
ink and the ink is projected onto the paper.
C
CCITT #1 Chart
A test chart, defined by CCITT, used to measure the
transmission speed as well as the transmitting and
receiving memory capacity of a fax machine.
CCITT/ITU-TS
Formerly known as CCITT, Consultative Commit-
tee for International Telegraph and Telephone.
CCITT has been replaced by the International Tele-
communications Union-Telecommunications Sector
(ITU-TS), a committee created to set international
standards for telecommunications.
CNG
Calling Tone. This is a signal sent by fax machines
to identify the call as an incoming document. When
the receiving fax detects this signal, it automatically
starts to receive the fax transmission. The majority
of fax machines in use today can send and detect
CNG signals.
Coded Speed Dialing
An automatic dialing method that allows you to dial
a fax or telephone number by pressing three buttons-
[CODED DIAL] and a two-digit code using the nu-
meric buttons. You can register up to 20 Coded Speed
Dialing numbers in the FAXPHONE.
Cursor
The underline symbol you see on the LCD when you
register numbers and names in the FAXPHONE.
Press the arrow buttons to move the cursor.
D
Delayed Sending
The ability to send a document at a preset time in
the future. You do not have to be in your office to
use Delayed Sending to one or more destinations.
(You can set up only one delayed transmission at a
time on the FAXPHONE.)
Density control
A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning of
documents.
Dialing methods
Ways of pressing one or more buttons to access a
number to connect to an outside party or fax ma-
chine. Dialing methods include One-touch, Coded
Speed Dialing, and Manual (Regular).