Sharp DM-4551 DM-3551 DM-4551 Operation Manual Suite - Page 103

TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION USING THE POLLING FUNCTION This function can only be used if the other machine is a Super G3 or G3 machine and supports the polling function. The polling function allows your machine to call a fax machine that has document data set and initiate reception of the document. You can also perform the reverse operation: scan a document into the memory of your machine so that another machine can call your machine and initiate reception of the document. This function whereby your machine calls the sending machine and asks the sending machine to begin transmission of a loaded document is called the polling function. Scanning a document into memory and automatically sending it when the receiving machine calls and "polls" your machine is called memory polling. NOTE For information on polling and polling memory using F-codes, refer to page 4-4. This section only explains normal polling and normal polling memory. s Polling This function allows your machine to call a sending machine and initiate reception of a document loaded in that 3 machine. A timer setting can also be established to have the operation take place at night or another specified time (refer to the previous page). Your machine The other machine Polling (ask other machine to send document) Document data is automatically sent to your machine Permits polling Document data previously scanned into memory Group keys and the broadcast transmission function (page 3-2) can be used to successively poll multiple fax machines in a single operation (serial polling). Up to 300 machines can be polled. In this case, the sequence of operations in the above diagram is successively repeated for each sending machine selected. NOTE The receiving machine bears the expense (phone charges) of polling transmission. s Polling memory This feature allows your machine to automatically send a document previously scanned into memory when another machine calls and polls your machine. Your machine The other machine Permits polling Document data previously scanned into memory Polling (request transmission) Document data is automatically sent to other machine 3-5