Glossary

ADF

The mechanism that delivers a stack of original pages to the scanner one

(Automatic Original Feeder)

page at a time.

Automatic Reception

The mode that allows you to receive fax documents without user

 

intervention.

Auto Print Reduction

The method of automatically reducing a received document so that it can

 

be printed onto a standard size piece of plain paper. For example, your

 

machine will reduce an incoming legal size page to 75% of its original size

 

so it could fit on a letter size page.

Batch Transmission

The ability to accumulate different document files for the same

 

destination(s) to be transmitted in a single phone call.

BPS

The amount of data that is transmitted over the phone line. Your machine

(Bits Per Second)

can start at the Max. Modem speed and automatically steps down to

 

suitable speed depending on the phone line condition and the receiving

 

machines capabilities.

 

(Max. Modem Speed is 33600 BPS)

C.C.I.T.T.

Consultative Committee on International Telegraph and Telephone. This

 

organization has presently developed four groups of industry standards

 

that insure facsimile compatibility.

Character ID

A programmed proprietary code name that allows up to 16 alphanumeric

 

characters identifying your facsimile machine.

Coding Scheme

The data compression method used by facsimile machines. Your machine

 

utilizes Modified Huffman (MH), Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified

 

Read (MMR) and Joint Bi-level Experts Group (JBIG) coding schemes.

Comm. Journal

Refers to either the Communication Journal, Relay Transmission Report,

 

or the Confidential XMT Report.

Confidential RCV Report

The report that gives you information about a confidential document(s) that

 

is held in your machine's memory.

Contrast

Signifies the scanning sensitivity in terms of lightness and darkness of your

 

original transmitting pages.

Cover Sheet

A Fax Cover Sheet can be attached to your transmit document(s) that

 

shows the recipient's name, originator's name and number of pages

 

attached.

DDD

A telephone service that allows unassisted dialling, no operator assistance

(Direct Distance Dialling)

is required.

Deferred Polling

The ability to retrieve documents from other stations at a later time.

Deferred Transmission

The ability to send documents to other stations at a later time.

Department Code

This operation require the user to input a preset 4-digit Department Code

 

before transmission. The Department Name of selected Department Code

 

is printed on the Header of each page sent, Cover Sheet, Comm. Journal

 

and Individual Transmission Journal.

Direct Dialling

The method of dialling where you enter the entire telephone number

 

through the keypad.

DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-

Dialling method that sends a different set of frequencies for each digit of

Frequency)

the telephone keypad. Commonly refers to touch tone dialling.

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