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.

a Press (FAX).

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

c Press On.

d Enter the fax number you are polling using One Touch, Speed Dial, or the dial pad. Press Black Start or Color Start.

Sequential polling

Sequential polling lets you request documents from several fax machines in one operation. Afterwards, a Sequential Polling Report will be printed.

a Press (FAX).

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

c Press On.

d Press d or c to display Broadcasting. Press Broadcasting.

Receiving a fax

e Do one of the following:

Press Manual and enter a number by pressing the buttons on the Touchscreen.

Press OK.

Press Address Book. Press to choose Alphabetical Order or Numerical Order. Press a or b to select a number.

Press OK.

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Note

One Touch Dial numbers begin with l. Speed Dial numbers begin with #.

f After you have entered all the fax numbers by repeating step e, press OK.

g Press Black Start.

The machine polls each number or Group number in turn for a document.

Press Stop/Exit while the machine is dialing to cancel the polling process.

To cancel all sequential polling receive jobs, see Canceling a Sequential Polling Job

on page 39.

Canceling a Sequential Polling Job

a PressStop/Exit.

b Do one of the following:

To cancel the entire sequential polling job, press

Entire Seq. Poll. Go to step c.

To cancel the current job, press the button that displays the number being dialed. Go to step d.

To exit without canceling, press Stop/Exit.

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