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Polling allows someone to fax a document to you without having to make the call or p ay
for it. There are several kinds of polling:
Regular polling Your fax retrieves a document from a remote fax machine.
F-Code polling Your fax retrieves a document stored as a file in the remote fax
machine. To do this, you must be communicating with another F-code-compatible fax
machine. For more information on F-Code polling, see F-Code transmission and
polling, p ages 3.33.
Note: For polling to work, the remote machine must also be set up to be polled .
Regular polling
To set up your machine for regular polling:
1
Make sure the document is inserted in the remote fax machine.
2
Press
ADVANCEDFUNCTIONS
twice and then press
ENTER
.The
LCD
shows:
3
Enter the remote fax machine s number by either pressing a one-touch key,
entering a speed-dial number or using the numeric keypad.
4
To perform the regular polling n o w,skip to step 8.
To perform delayed regular polling, go on to step 5.
5
Press
ADVANCEDFUNCTIONS
,
ENTER
.The
LCD
shows:
6
Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time (use the 24-hour format )
when your machine should perform the delayed regular polling.
7
Press
ENTER
.
8
Press
START
.
When your machine polls for documents, it dials the number and, upon making contact
with the other machine, begins receiving the document as if the other machine had
placed the call.
Being polled
Not only can you poll, but you can also be polled. T o set up a document for regular
polling:
1
If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, change it to the reception
mode except the Tel Ready.
Important: Y our machine can t be polled if its in Tel Ready mode.
2
Insert the document.
3
Adjust resolution and contrast if necessary. (Your fax machine will be transmitting
to the machine doing the polling.)
4
Press Program key,
D
, 1, 0, 1,
ENTER
.
Your fax will scan the document into memory and return to st andby mode.
Once the remote fax machine polls the document you stored, your fax machine auto-
matically erases the document from memory.
Printing a stored polling document
To print a document you ve stored for regular polling without erasing it,
press Program key,
D
, 3, 0, 1,
ENTER
.
Erasing a stored polling document
To erase a document you ve stored for regular polling from your machine s memory,
press Program key,
D
, 2, 0, 1,
ENTER
.
Delayed
Enter Time: 15/17:05
Enter Fax Number
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Polling