Polling Overview; Polling Receive - Brother FAX-2840 Advanced User's Manual

Chapter 4

Polling overview

Polling lets you set up your machine so other
people can receive faxes from you, but they
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody
else's fax machine and receive a fax from it,
so you pay for the call. The polling feature
needs to be set up on both machines for this
to work. Not all fax machines support polling.

Polling receive

Polling receive lets you call another fax
machine to receive a fax.
a
Make sure you are in FAX mode
b
For FAX-2840 and MFC-7240, press
Menu, 2, 1, 8.
FAX-2950 and MFC-7290, press Menu,
2, 1, 7.
c
Press a or b to choose Standard.
Press OK.
d
Enter the fax number you are polling.
Press Start.
Secure polling
Secure polling lets you restrict who can get
the documents you set up to be polled.
Secure polling only works with Brother fax
machines. If you want to get a fax from a
secured Brother machine you have to enter
the secure code.
a
Make sure you are in FAX mode
b
For FAX-2840 and MFC-7240, press
Menu, 2, 1, 8.
For FAX-2950 and MFC-7290, press
Menu, 2, 1, 7.
c
Press a or b to choose Secure.
Press OK.
d
Enter a four-digit secure code.
Press OK.
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This is the security code of the fax
machine you are polling.
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e
Enter the fax number you are polling.
f
Press Start.
Delayed polling
Delayed polling lets you set the machine to
begin polling receive at a later time. You can
only set up one delayed polling operation.
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a
Make sure you are in FAX mode
b
For FAX-2840 and MFC-7240, press
Menu, 2, 1, 8.
.
For FAX-2950 and MFC-7290, press
Menu, 2, 1, 7.
c
Press a or b to choose Timer.
Press OK.
d
Enter the time (in 24-hour format) you
want to begin polling.
Press OK.
e
Enter the fax number you are polling.
Press Start.
The machine makes the polling call at
the time you entered.
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Note
If the other fax machine that you are
calling has not been set-up for Polling, you
will receive the message Connection
Fail.
.
Sequential polling
Sequential polling lets you request
documents from several fax machines in one
operation.
a
Make sure you are in FAX mode
b
For FAX-2840 and MFC-7240, press
Menu, 2, 1, 8.
For FAX-2950 and MFC-7290, press
Menu, 2, 1, 7.
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