Brother MFC-8480DN 10 Polling, Polling receive, Sequential polling

10 Polling

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 Make sure you are in Fax mode . b Press Menu, 2, 1, 7.

Polling RX

Dial & Start

c Enter the fax number you are polling. Press Start.

The LCD will show Dialing.

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Sequential polling

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

a Make sure you are in Fax mode . b Press Menu, 2, 1, 7.

Polling RX

Dial & Start

c Specify the fax machines you want to poll by using One Touch, Speed Dial, Search, a Group or the dial pad. You must press OK between each location.

d Press 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, press Menu, 2, 7. (See Checking and canceling waiting jobs on page 47.)