Glossary

Mailing List

A system that allows people to send an email to one address, whereupon their message is

 

conveyed to multiple subscribers on the Mailing List.

Manual Reception

A mode that requires operator intervention to receive an incoming document.

MAPI

Acronym for Message Application Programming Interface.

 

A standard Windows interface for messaging that enables different mail programs, and other

 

mail-aware applications like word processors, and spreadsheets to exchange messages, and

 

attachments with each other.

MDN

This Message Disposition Notification (MDN) is requested by the sender for a delivery

 

processing confirmation indicating that the message (email) was read.

Memory Transmission

The documents are scanned into memory before actual connection to the phone line for

 

transmission.

MIME (Multipurpose

A standard used for attaching non-text (image) files to Internet email messages.

Internet Mail Extension)

 

Modem

A device that converts signals from your fax machine into signals that can be transmitted

 

over telephone lines.

Multi-station

The ability to broadcast the same set of documents to a programmed number of locations.

Transmission

 

Multiple Logo

The user can select one of 25 preset LOGOs before a transmission.

Network

Any time you connect 2, or more computers together so that they can share resources, you

 

have a computer network. Connect 2, or more networks together, and you have an internet.

Network Address

An individual 4-digit addressing number assigned to an Address Book station that identifies a

 

particular station in a relay network.

Network Password

A 4-digit password assigned to a network address to prevent unauthorized stations from

 

accessing a relay station.

Off-hook Dialing

The direct dialing of a telephone number with the handset out of the cradle, or "off the hook."

On-hook Dialing

The direct dialing of a telephone number with the handset in the cradle, or "on the hook."

Overlap Printing

Documents too long to be reduced are automatically printed on two pages with approximately

 

13 mm overlap.

Panasonic Super

An electronic image enhancement (Panasonic Super Smoothing) that will create a particular

Smoothing

pattern for the improvement of copy quality.

PDF

Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves all the

 

fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of any source document, regardless of the application,

 

and platform used to create it.

Photo

A scanning technique to distinguish levels of gray from black, and white. Your machine can

 

detect up to 256 levels of gray in photo mode.

Polling

The ability to retrieve a document from another facsimile machine.

Polling Password

A 4-digit programmed code that enables the security of a document being polled.

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