Brother International IntelliFax-2480C Users Manual - English - Page 85

Polling, Polling overview, Polling receive, Setup to receive polling, Sequential polling

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12 Polling 12 Polling overview 12 Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody else's fax machine and receive a fax from it, so you pay for the call. The polling feature needs to be set up on both machines for this to work. Not all fax machines support polling. Polling receive 12 Polling receive lets you call another fax machine to receive a fax. Setup to receive polling 12 a Make sure you are in Fax mode . b Press Menu, 2, 1, 6. c Enter the fax number you are polling. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The LCD shows Dialing. Sequential polling 12 Sequential polling lets you request documents from several fax machines in one operation. Afterwards, a Sequential Polling Report will be printed. a Make sure you are in Fax mode . b Press Menu, 2, 1, 6. c Enter a number using One-Touch, Speed-Dial, a Group, or the dial pad. Press OK. d Repeat step c for all the fax numbers you want to poll. Press OK. e Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine polls each number or Group number in turn for a document. Press Stop/Exit while the machine is dialing to cancel the polling process. To cancel all sequential polling receive jobs, see Checking and canceling waiting jobs on page 33. 70

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Polling overview
12
Polling lets you set up your machine so other
people can receive faxes from you, but they
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody
else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it,
so you pay for the call. The polling feature
needs to be set up on both machines for this
to work. Not all fax machines support polling.
Polling receive
12
Polling receive lets you call another fax
machine to receive a fax.
Setup to receive polling
12
a
Make sure you are in Fax mode
.
b
Press
Menu
,
2
,
1
,
6
.
c
Enter the fax number you are polling.
d
Press
Black Start
or
Color Start
.
The LCD shows
Dialing
.
Sequential polling
12
Sequential polling lets you request
documents from several fax machines in one
operation. Afterwards, a Sequential Polling
Report will be printed.
a
Make sure you are in Fax mode
.
b
Press
Menu
,
2
,
1
,
6
.
c
Enter a number using One-Touch,
Speed-Dial, a Group, or the dial pad.
Press
OK
.
d
Repeat step
c
for all the fax numbers
you want to poll.
Press
OK
.
e
Press
Black Start
or
Color Start
.
The machine polls each number or
Group number in turn for a document.
Press
Stop/Exit
while the machine is dialing
to cancel the polling process.
To cancel all sequential polling receive jobs,
see
Checking and canceling waiting
jobs
on page 33.
Polling
12