Canon 2010F manual What Is Polling?

Using Polling

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What Is Polling?

Polling is when one fax machine calls another fax machine and requests that the other fax machine send a document that it is holding. Unlike normal sending and receiving, in polling, the receiver always calls the sender. This is called polling to receive a document. The sender sends the document in response to a polling request by a telephone call from the receiver.

You can set up a polling box in your machine and store documents in it so that other fax machines can call you, and request to send the document in your polling box.

Example of Polling Sending
Stored	This Machine	Fax Machine A
Documents
		Fax Machine B
		Fax Machine C
	Polling Box

IMPORTANT

To use polling, you have to create a polling box first, and let the other party know its ITU- T subaddress and password. Setting the password for the polling box is optional. Also, if you create a polling box numbered “00,” the ITU-T subaddress is optional. (See “Polling Box Settings Table,” on p. 9-22.)

NOTE

•If you want to receive a document stored in another party’s fax machine, make a polling request to receive the document. (See “Polling Receiving,” on p. 9-4.)

•If you want to create a polling box with an ITU-T subaddress and password, be sure to set the polling box number other than “00.”

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