Polling (Requesting a Fax Transmission)
Polling (Requesting a Fax Transmission)
Polling allows you to call another fax machine and have it send a document (previously loaded in its feeder) to your machine without assistance from the operator of the other machine.
♦Hint: Polling is useful when you want the receiving fax machine, not the transmitting fax machine, to bear the cost of the call.
1Dial the fax machine you want to poll using one of the following methods:
• Enter the full number using the numeric keys.
• Pick up the handset (or press ) and dial the full number. Wait for the
fax answerback tone.
•If the number has been stored for automatic dialling, press or until the name (or number) of the other party appears in the display.
2 Press POLL .
•If you used the handset, replace it when POLLING appears in the display. Reception will begin.
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