Appendix
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Network Fax 13-7
Appendix Chapter 13
13.4 FAX Terms
This section describes the general terms used in the fax communication.
Explanations may be given of the terms of functions that are not equipped to
this machine.
Terms Description
Numerics 2 in 1 TX The function to gather two pages into one
page and to transmit the composed wide
page.
A Abbreviated
dial number
One of the functions to register the fax num-
bers dialed frequently. Registering the desti-
nation name and retrieval character when
you register the abbreviated dial, you can
designate the destination with the Address
Book. Up to 500 abbreviated numbers (000-
499) can be registered.
Address Book To dial the destination by searching the name
of the destination from the list of the abbrevi-
ated dial numbers registered.
B Batch trans-
mission
The function to transmit more than one doc-
ument as a document at specified time auto-
matically if the transmission condition of the
documents such as the destination, trans-
mission time, memory transmit, or resolution
is same.
bps An abbreviation for “bit per second.” It is the
unit of data transmission and represents the
amount of data sent in one second.
Broadcasting To transmit a fax to multiple stations by a sin-
gle operation.
Bulletin board The function to post the documents you want
to read or to store documents to be transmit-
ted by polling.
C Confidential
communication
The function to exchange private information
with specific persons. The originals sent by
the confidential communication are stored in
the receiver's confidential box and they are
not printed at the reception. They are printed
after the certain operation such as inputting
the password.
D Dialing method There are two methods: PB or Pulse.
E ECM (Error
Correction
Mode)
The error correction mode for G3 communi-
cation. It communicates with a destination
during checking whether data is sent to the
destination properly or not. If not, it sends the
data again. If the destination supports the
ECM, data is transmitted in ECM unless you
set the ECM OFF mode.