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Beyond the basics
The basics of broadcasting
The fastest way to fax one document to multiple recipients is broadcasting — and
your fax machine has very powerful broadcasting capabilities. You can use broad-
casting from any function requiring the entry of a fax number! That means
you can perform delayed broadcasting (see pages 2.21–2.23), SecureMail broadcast-
ing (see pages 2.46–2.49) and even broadcasting to “hub” units for relay broadcast
initiation (see pages 2.19–2.20).
In an ordinary broadcast, you send as you normally would, except for one simple
change: you just add more fax numbers! You can enter up to 220 numbers (20 nor-
mally dialed numbers, plus one call group with all 200 autodialer numbers).
We’ll assume you’ve become familiar with regular fax transmission, and shorten the
instructions a bit so you can more readily see the differences.
1
Insert the document and make any necessary adjustments as usual.
2
Press
BROADCAST
.
3
Enter the first fax number — a one-touch number, a speed-dial number, a call
group or just a regular number dialed from the numeric keypad as usual.
4
To add each successive fax number, press
BROADCAST
between each one to
insert a comma (
GROUP DIAL
inserts its own comma), then enter the number as in
step 3. You can specify up to 220 locations by entering up to 20 numbers or call
groups (see first paragraph, above) for a broadcast.
Important: Do not insert a comma after the last fax number.
Note: If you enter characters by mistake, just press
CANCEL
to clear them
before proceeding.
5
Press
START
. Your fax machine will scan the document into memory and then
send it to each number or call group you’ve entered.
The main idea is: when it’s time within an operation for entering the fax number to
which you’re to send your document, you enter multiple numbers until you’ve either
reached 20 numbers or finished dialing all you want to dial for this document.
Delayed broadcasting
What if you want the broadcast to happen later? That’s the purpose of setting up a
delayed broadcast.
Note: Actually, we’re jumping the gun a bit here; the main discussion of delayed
commands comes up in “The time machine: delayed transmission” (pages
2.21–2.23). You may wish to read that material before proceeding.
1
[Same as steps 1–4 of “The basics of broadcasting” (left column).]
2
Press
COMMUNICATION OPTION
,
ENTER
.
3
Use the numeric keypad to enter the day of the month and time when you
want the fax to perform the broadcast. Here, we’ve set it to occur at 10:15
PM
on the 30th.
When finished, press
ENTER
to save the setting.
4
Now, press
START
. Your machine will return to its normal standby mode,
while showing this on the
LCD
:
This means your fax machine is “reserved” for the delayed broadcast you
just programmed.
If you have set the machine for transmission from memory (see pages
1.14–1.15), it will scan the document into memory, after which you can use
the machine normally.
If you have set the machine for transmission from the feeder (i. e., non-memory
transmission), the machine can receive faxes but can’t transmit until after the
delayed broadcast occurs.
** Reserved **
Delayed
Press Start
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Broadcasting
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