Sharp 4450 FO-4450 Operation Manual - Page 73

Polling 5. Special Functions Polling Polling allows you to call another fax machine and have it send a document to your machine without operator assistance. In other words, the receiving fax machine, not the transmitting fax machine, initiates the transmission. You can use your fax machine to both poll and be polled by others. Polling others To poll another fax machine, follow the steps below. ♦ If desired, you can dial more than one fax number to receive documents consecutively from a group of fax machines (this is called "Serial Polling"; a maximum of 154 fax machines can be polled in one operation). 1 Press MENU and then 6 . Display: 6: SERIAL POLL. MODE ENTER STATION # 2 Dial the number(s) of the fax machine(s) you want to poll using one (or more) of the following methods: • Press one or more Rapid Keys. • Enter one or more Speed Dial numbers, pressing SPEED DIAL before each number. (If you enter less than 2 digits, press START/ ENTER to complete the entry.) • Press one or more Group Keys. • Enter one or more full fax numbers with the numeric keys, pressing START/ ENTER after each full number. Note: If you need to delete a number, press or until the destination STOP appears in the display and then press . 3 Press START/ ENTER . Reception will begin. 71