Muratec MFX-1500 Relay broadcasting, Remote fax machine, Resolution, SecureMail, Secure polling

Just in case . . .

Relay broadcasting

Lets some Muratec fax machines store a document in internal memory, transmit the document to the memory of a remote “hub” fax and then instruct that unit to relay (i.e., re-transmit) the document to each fax in a call group in the “hub” unit. This feature speeds extremely high-volume fax communication and allows a single command to initiate document transmission to hundreds of pre-programmed fax locations; also saves phone charges for the originating fax machine. Your machine can either serve as a “hub” unit or initiate a relay broadcast.

Remote fax machine

The machine on the other “end” of a fax communication.

Resolution

The resolution of documents transmitted or copied by fax machine is measured by the number of horizontal (H) and vertical (V) lines per inch (lpi) the unit can print. A Muratec unit may offer one or more of these resolution levels:

Normal	203 H x 98 V lpi
Fine	203 H x 196 V lpi
Superfine	203 H x 392 V lpi

Some Muratec units also offer grayscale transmission (see also Grayscale) for accurate reproduction of photographs and other shaded originals.

Scanning width — See Effective scanning width.

SecureMail

Allows a Muratec fax user to send a document (usually something confidential) to, or receive one into, an “electronic mail box.” The transmission is protected at the receiving Muratec fax by an access code; the receiving fax prints the document only when an authorized user enters the code.

Secure polling

Polling in which pre-set passcodes are checked between two machines before polling is allowed to take place.

Speed-dialing

Allow the fax user to store frequently used fax numbers for dialing with the touch of three keys — an identifier key (either * or #) and then a two-digit code — for each number. See also Autodialing and One-touch dialing.

Station ID

(Also called Location ID or Receive ID.) An Autodialer feature which lets the fax user enter a descriptive name to correspond with the number in an Autodialer entry. For example, rather than entering only 1-972-555-3465, one can enter that number and a name, such as Dallas Branch Office.(Many Muratec models with this feature allow entry of both upper-case and lower-case letters, for greater ease of reading.)

Subscriber ID

A fax machine’s telephone number, as identified by a user setting . See TTI.

Superfine resolution

203H x 392V lpi. Your Muratec fax machine’s superfine transmission mode is Group-3-compatible, not the more limited proprietary version.

TCR

Transmit confirmation report; this provides proof that your Muratec fax did send the document you set for transmission. Printed after transmission, the TCR also identifies the telephone number to which the fax sent the document, plus the actual time of transmission and how many pages the unit transmitted. See also RCR.

Thermal (paper) printing

A thermal head heats chemically treated, thermally sensitive paper in patterns conforming to the image the machine has scanned, creating a printed image. Thermal paper’s tendency to discolor and fade, in addition to its curliness and the usual difficulty in writing on it, have made this method considerably less popular than plain-paper fax printing — particularly as plain-paper fax machines have dropped sharply in price.

TTI

Transmit terminal identifier. A user-programmable line of information sent automatically with every page a fax machine sends; it appears at the top of each page printed by the receiving unit.

Transmission speed

How fast a fax machine is sending a fax document. This speed depends upon the modem speed of each unit, the resolution setting, the content of the document, the encoding technique and the condition of the phone line (clean, noisy, etc.). Any change in any of these five conditions will affect the speed, perhaps significantly.

White-line skip

A technique used to speed up fax transmission by bypassing redundant areas, such as white space.

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