What Is Polling; Before You Use Polling Receiving - Canon Laser Class 2050P User Manual

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What is Polling?

Polling means a fax calls another machine and requests that the other
machine send a document that it is holding. Unlike normal sending and
receiving, in polling the receiver always calls the sender. This is called
polling to receive a document. The sender sends the document in
response to the polling by a telephone call from the receiver.
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Your machine can be set up to function in both roles. Your machine can
poll to receive a document, or it can be polled to send a document that it
is holding.

Before You Use Polling Receiving

Before you try to set up polling, note the following points:
❏ With one operation you can poll several machines. You can dial up to
❏ You can poll a document at any time, but you may find it more useful
❏ You must know if the other machine is holding the document under
❏ If the other party's documents are registered for polling without a
❏ If the other party's machine does not support ITU-T subaddress/
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Setting Up and Using Polling
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125 telephone numbers and poll those machines to receive
documents that they are holding.
to set your machine for polling other machines at specified times
throughout the day.
both a subaddress and password or only a subaddress or password.
You must also know the subaddress and password so you can enter
them on your machine. If you do not know the subaddress or
password, contact the other party.
subaddress or password, you can still perform polling receiving.
password transactions, you can ask them to set the polling ID to 255
or 11111111 binary when the other party's machine is a Canon fax.
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