Coding method Method of coding the information contained in the document. All fax machines must use a minimum standard of Modified Huffman (MH). Your MFC is capable of greater compression methods, Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified Read (MMR) and JPEG, if the receiving machine has the same capability.
Communication error (or Comm. Error) An error during fax sending or receiving, usually caused by line noise or static.
Compatibility group The ability of one fax unit to communicate with another. Compatibility is assured between
Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light documents, by
making faxes or copies of dark documents lighter and light documents darker.
Delayed Fax Sends your fax at a specified later time that day.
Distinctive Ring A subscriber service purchased from the telephone company that gives you another phone number on an existing phone line. The Brother MFC uses the new number to simulate a dedicated fax line.
Dual Access Your MFC can scan outgoing faxes or scheduled jobs into memory at the same time it is sending a fax or receiving or printing an incoming fax.
Easy Receive Enables your MFC to respond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax call by answering it.
ECM (Error Correction Mode) Detects errors during fax transmission and resends the pages of the fax that had an error.
Extension phone A telephone on the fax number that is plugged into a separate wall jack.
External phone A telephone that is plugged into the EXT jack of your MFC.
F/T Ring Time The length of time that the Brother MFC rings (when the Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up a voice call that it answered.
Fax Forwarding Sends a fax received into the memory to another
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