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Beyond the basics
2.17
Broadcasting
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
broadcasting from any function requiring the entry of a fax number! That means
you can perform delayed broadcasting (see right column), SecureMail broadcasting
(see pages 2.39–2.42) and even broadcasting to “hub” units for relay broadcast
initiation (see pages 2.18–2.19).
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
normally dialled numbers plus either 200 autodialler numbers or one call group with
all 200 autodialler 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.
If the machine is in Fax mode, proceed to step 2.
If it is in Copy mode, press
COPY
/
FAX
to change to Fax mode.
2.
Insert the document and make any necessary adjustments as usual.
3.
Press
BROADCAST
.
4.
Enter the first fax number — a one-touch number, a speed-dial number,
a call group or just a regular number dialled from the numeric keypad
as usual.
5.
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 4. You can specify up to 220 numbers (see first paragraph, above) for a
broadcast.
Press Start
[01],9-5551204,S118
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.
6.
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 220 numbers or finished dialling 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 “Delayed transmission” (pages 2.20–2.22). You may
wish to read that material before proceeding.
1.
[Same as steps 1–5 of “The basics of broadcasting,” (left column).]
2.
Press
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS
,
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 17th.
Delayed
Enter Time: 17/22:15
When the entry is complete, press
ENTER
.
4.
Press
START
. Your machine will return to its normal standby mode, while
showing this on the display:
** Reserved **
Sep 27 1998 17:17
This means your fax machine is “reserved” for the delayed broadcast you just
programmed.
If you have set the machine for memory transmission (see page 1.23) from the
ADF
, it will scan the document into memory, after which you can use the
machine normally.
If you have set the machine for non-memory transmission from the
ADF
, the
machine can receive faxes but can’t transmit until after the delayed broadcast
occurs.
Note:
Transmission from the
FBS
is always memory transmission.