10 Polling

Polling overview

Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, so you pay for the call. The polling feature needs to be set up on both machines for this to work. Not all fax machines support polling.

Polling receive

Polling receive lets you call another fax machine to receive a fax.

Setup to receive polling

a Press (Fax).

b Press d or c to display Polling RX. c Press Polling RX.

d Press Standard.

e Enter the fax number you are polling using One Touch, Phone Book or the dial pad on the control panel.

f Press Mono Start or Colour Start.

Setup to receive polling with secure code

Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get the documents you set up to be polled.

Secure Polling only works with Brother fax machines. If you want to get a fax from a secured Brother machine you have to enter the secure code.

a Press (Fax).

b Press d or c to display Polling RX. c Press Polling RX.

d Press Secure.

e Enter a four-digit secure code using the buttons on the LCD.

This is the same as the security code of the fax machine you are polling.

Press OK.

f Enter the fax number you are polling

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using One Touch, Phone Book or the

 

dial pad on the control panel.

 

g Press Mono Start or Colour Start.

 

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