9 Polling

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

All parties involved in polling need to set up their machines to accommodate polling. When someone polls the machine 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 Polling Transmit, page 51.)

Some machines do not respond to the polling function.

Polling Receive

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

Setup for Polling Receive (Standard)

1 Press Menu/Set, 2, 1, 8.

2 Press or to choose STANDARD, and press Menu/Set.

3 Enter the fax number you are polling, and press

ENTER FAX NO.

Fax Start.

 

The screen displays DIALING #XXX.

 

Secure Polling

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

Setup for Polling Receive with Secure Code

You need to make sure you are using the same secure code as the other party.

1 Press Menu/Set, 2, 1, 8.

2 Press or to choose SECURE, and press Menu/Set.

3 Enter a four-digit secure code.

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

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Press Menu/Set.

 

Enter the fax number you are polling.

ENTER FAX NO.

 

Press Fax Start.

 

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