Sharp FO 5700 FO-5700 Operation Manual - Page 89

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"). 1 Press the FUNCTION key and 8. The display will show: 8:SERIAL POLL. MODE ENTER STATION # FUNCTION 8 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 the SPEED DIAL key before each number. (If you enter less than 2 digits on the FO-4700/FO-5550, or 3 digits on the FO-5700, press the START key to complete the entry.) SPEED DIAL 1 START (Example) • Press one or more Group Keys. 87