Brother MFC-9870 manual Secure Polling, Setup for Polling Receive

54 C H A P T E R S I X

Polling

Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another machine. You can use your MFC to “poll” other machines, or you can have someone poll your MFC.

All parties involved in polling need to set up their machines to accommodate polling. When someone polls your MFC to receive a fax, they pay for the call; if you poll someone’s fax machine to receive a fax, you pay for the call. (See “Setup for Polling Transmit” in chap. 5.)

Some machines do not respond to the polling function.

Secure Polling

Secure Polling is a way to keep your documents and others’ from falling into the wrong hands while the MFC are set up for polling. You can use Secure Polling only with another Brother fax machine. Your four-digit ID number must be entered on the fax machine that polls for your documents.

Setup for Polling Receive

Polling Receive is when you call another fax machine to receive a fax from it.

1Press Menu, 1, 2, 8. The screen displays

POLLING:STANDARD

SELECT { } & SET

2Press or to choose STANDARD.

3Press Set.

The screen prompts you to enter the fax number you want to poll, and then to press Start.

ENTER FAX NO.

THEN PRESS START

4Enter the fax number you are polling.

5Press Start. The screen displays DIALING #XX.