Canon B640 manual Glossary, Adf

Glossary

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AC

Alternating current. The type of electrical current available from a wall outlet.

Activity report

Journal of transactions, both sent and received.

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder. The document tray on the FAXPHONE holds 20 sheets of paper.

Ans. Machine Mode

If you connect an answering machine to your FAXPHONE, this option allows you to receive docu- ments sent from other fax machines, as well as mes- sages from people calling when you are out.

Automatic dialing

Dialing fax or telephone numbers by pressing one or three buttons. To use automatic dialing, you must register the numbers in the FAXPHONE’s memory. See also One-touch Speed Dialing and Coded Speed Dialing.

B

Bi-directional printing

The ability of the FAXPHONE to print both left to right and right to left. This printing method provides a fast speed. See also Unidirectional printing.

bps

Bits per second. Refers to the speed with which a fax machine sends and receives data.

Broadcasting

Transmitting documents to more than one location (through the FAXPHONE’s memory).

Bubble Jet printing

An ink-jet type printing method that heats the ink to the boiling point to form a bubble. When the bubble expands, there is no room left in the nozzle for the ink and the ink is projected onto the paper.

C

CCITT #1 Chart

A test chart, defined by CCITT, used to measure the transmission speed as well as the transmitting and receiving memory capacity of a fax machine.

CCITT/ITU-TS

Formerly known as CCITT, Consultative Commit- tee for International Telegraph and Telephone. CCITT has been replaced by the International Tele- communications Union-Telecommunications Sector (ITU-TS), a committee created to set international standards for telecommunications.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 signal, it automatically starts to receive the fax transmission. The majority of fax machines in use today can send and detect CNG signals.

Coded Speed Dialing

An automatic dialing method that allows you to dial a fax or telephone number by pressing three buttons- [CODED DIAL] and a two-digit code using the nu- meric buttons. You can register up to 20 Coded Speed Dialing numbers in the FAXPHONE.

Cursor

The underline symbol you see on the LCD when you register numbers and names in the FAXPHONE. Press the arrow buttons to move the cursor.

D

Delayed Sending

The ability to send a document at a preset time in the future. You do not have to be in your office to use Delayed Sending to one or more destinations. (You can set up only one delayed transmission at a time on the FAXPHONE.)

Density control

A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning of documents.

Dialing methods

Ways of pressing one or more buttons to access a number to connect to an outside party or fax ma- chine. Dialing methods include One-touch, Coded Speed Dialing, and Manual (Regular).

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