Brother International MFC-4300 Users Manual - English - Page 54

Polling Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another fax machine. You can use your MFC to "poll" other machines, or you can have someone poll your machine. All parties involved in polling need to set up their fax machines to accommodate polling. When someone polls your machine to receive a fax, they pay for the call; if you poll someone's fax machine to receive a fax, you pay for the call. Some fax machines do not respond to the polling function. Setting Up Polling Receive Polling Receive is when you call another fax machine to receive a fax from it. 1 Press Function, 1, 2, 8. 2 Press or to choose ON, and then press Set. 3 Enter the fax number you are polling. POLLING RX:OFF? SELECT & SET ENTER FAX NO. PRESS START KEY 4 Press Start. The LCD shows DIALING. Setting Up Sequential Polling Receive The MFC can request documents from several fax units in a single operation. Afterward, a Sequential Polling Report will be printed. (See Canceling a Scheduled Job, page 5-8.) 1 Press Function, 1, 2, 8. 2 Press or to select Polling ON, and then press Set. POLLING RX:OFF? SELECT & SET POLLING RX:ON? ENTER FAX NO. PRESS START KEY 3 Specify the destination fax machines you wish to poll, using One Touch, Speed Dial, a Group or the dial pad. You must press Broadcast between each location. 4 Press Start. The MFC will poll each number or group member in turn for a document. ACCEPTED DIALING #01 5-7 SETUP RECEIVE