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2.19
Polling
Polling allows someone to fax a document to you without the other person having to
make (and pay for) the call. Your machine can perform:
• Regular polling — Retrieves a document from the remote fax machine.
• Sequential polling — Retrieves a document from several remote fax machines.
•
F
-code polling — Retrieves a document from a fax machine that supports
ITU
-
T
sub-
address transactions. (See “
F
-code polling,” on pages 2.26—2.27.)
Regular polling
To perform regular polling of a document from any remote fax machine:
1
Make sure that the document is ready to be polled from the remote fax. The
remote fax user may need to review his / her instructions.
2
Press
COM
-
OPTIONS
four times. The
LCD
shows:
3
Press
ENTER
. The
LCD
shows briefly:
then it will show:
4
Enter the remote fax machine’s number by either pressing a one-touch key,
entering a speed-dial number or just dialing the number using the numeric
keypad.
5
To perform the regular polling now, skip to step 9.
To perform delayed regular polling, proceed to step 6.
6
Press
COM
-
OPTIONS
,
COM
-
OPTIONS
,
ENTER
. The
LCD
shows:
7
Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time your machine should per-
form the delayed regular polling.
8
Press
ENTER
. The
LCD
shows the fax number you entered in step 4.
9
Press
START
.
When it performs the polling command, your machine will dial the number and,
upon making contact with the other machine, begin receiving the document as if the
other machine had placed the call.
Sequential polling
To perform sequential polling of a document from any remote fax machine:
1
Make sure that the document is ready to be polled from the remote fax. The
remote fax user may need to review his / her instructions.
2
Press
COM
-
OPTIONS
four times. The
LCD
shows:
3
Press
ENTER
. The
LCD
shows briefly:
then it will show:
4
Enter the first fax number — a one-touch number, a speed-dial number or a
regular number dialed from the numeric keypad.
5
To add each additional fax number, press
ENTER
between each one to insert a
comma, then enter the number as in step 4. You can include up to 120 numbers
(see “Broadcasting”, page 2.16) for sequential polling.
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