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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 fax holds 20 sheets of paper.
Ans. Machine Mode
If you connect an answering machine to your fax,
this option allows you to receive documents sent
from other fax machines, as well as messages from
people calling when you are out.
Automatic dialling
Dialling fax or telephone numbers by pressing one
or three buttons. To use automatic dialling, you must
register the numbers in the fax’s memory. See also
One-touch Speed Dialling and Coded Speed Dial-
ling.
B
Bi-directional printing
The ability of the fax 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.
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/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CCITT has been replaced by the International Tele-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 Dialling
An automatic dialling method that allows you to dial
a fax or telephone number by pressing three buttons-
[Coded Dial] and a two-digit code using the numeric
buttons. You can register up to 20 Coded Speed Di-
alling numbers in the fax.
Cursor
The underline symbol you see on the LCD when you
register numbers and names in the fax. Press the ar-
row 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 locations. (You
can set up only one delayed transmission at a time
on the fax.)
Density control
A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning of
documents.
Dialling methods
Ways of pressing one or more buttons to access a
number to connect to an outside party or fax ma-
chine. Dialling methods include One-touch, Coded
Speed Dialling, and Manual (Regular).
Direct Sending
Transmitting a fax document one page at a time with-
out having the document scanned into memory.