Glossary

A

signal, it automatically starts to receive the fax

transmission. The majority of fax machines in

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AC

use today can send and detect CNG signals.

Alternating current. The type of electrical

Coded Speed Dialling

current available from a wall outlet.

An automatic dialling method that allows you

Activity report

to dial a fax or telephone number by pressing

Journal of transactions, both sent and received.

three buttons-[Coded Dial] and a two-digit

code using the numeric buttons. You can

ADF

register up to 20 Coded Speed Dialling

Automatic Document Feeder. The document

numbers in the fax.

tray on the fax holds 20 sheets of paper.

Cursor

Ans. Machine Mode

The underline symbol you see on the LCD

If you connect an answering machine to your

when you register numbers and names in the

fax, this option allows you to receive

fax. Press the arrow buttons to move the

documents sent from other fax machines, as

cursor.

well as messages from people calling when you

 

are out.

D

 

Automatic dialling

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Dialling fax or telephone numbers by pressing

Delayed Sending

one or three buttons. To use automatic

The ability to send a document at a preset time

dialling, you must register the numbers in the

in the future. You do not have to be in your

fax's memory. See also One-touch Speed

of®ce to use Delayed Sending to one or more

Dialling and Coded Speed Dialling.

locations. (You can set up only one delayed

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transmission at a time on the fax.)

B

Density control

Bi-directional printing

A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning

of documents.

The ability of the fax to print both left to right

Dialling methods

and right to left. This printing method provides

Ways of pressing one or more buttons to

a fast speed. See also Unidirectional printing.

access a number to connect to an outside party

bps

or fax machine. Dialling methods include

Bits per second. Refers to the speed with which

One-touch, Coded Speed Dialling, and Manual

a fax machine sends and receives data.

(Regular).

Bubble Jet printing

Direct Sending

An ink-jet type printing method that heats the

Transmitting a fax document one page at a

ink to the boiling point to form a bubble.

time without having the document scanned

When the bubble expands, there is no room

into memory.

left in the nozzle for the ink and the ink is

Document

projected onto the paper.

The sheet of paper containing the data that

 

C

you send to or receive from a fax.

dpi

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CCITT/ITU-TS

Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for

Formerly known as CCITT, Consultative

indicating a printer's resolution.

Committee for International Telegraph and

 

Telephone. CCITT has been replaced by the

 

International Telecommunications

 

Union-Telecommunications Sector (ITU-TS), a

 

committee created to set international

 

standards for telecommunications.

 

CNG

 

Calling Tone. This is a signal sent by fax

 

machines to identify the call as an incoming

 

document. When the receiving fax detects this

 

 

 

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