Polling; Being Polled - Muratec MFX-1300/1700 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced features

Polling

Polling allows someone to fax a document to you without having to make the call or pay
f o r i t . There are several kinds of polling:
Regular polling Your fax retrieves a document from a remote fax machine.
F-Code polling Your fax retrieves a document stored as a file in the remote fax
machine. To do this, you must be communicating with another F-code-compa t i b l e f a x
machine. For more information on F-Code polling, see F-Code transmission and
p o l l i n g , pages 3.33.
Note: For polling to work, the remote machine must also be set up to be polled.
Regular polling
To set up your machine for regular polling:
1 Make sure the document is inserted in the remote fax machine.
2 Press
A D VA N C E D FUNCTIONS
Enter Fax Number
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3 Enter the remote fax machine s number by either pressing a one-touch key,
entering a speed-dial number or using the numeric keypad.
4 To perform the regular polling now,skip to step 8.
To perform delayed regular polling, go on to step 5.
5 Press
A D VA N C E D FUNCTIONS
Delayed
Enter Time: 15/17:05
6 Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time (use the 24-hour format)
when your machine should perform the delayed regular polling.
7 Press .
ENTER
8 Press .
STA R T
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twice and then press .The
ENTER LCD
, .The shows:
ENTER LCD
When your machine polls for documents, it dials the number and, upon making conta c t
with the other machine, begins receiving the document as if the other machine had
placed the call.

Being polled

Not only can you poll, but you can also be polled. To set up a document for regular
p o l l i n g :
1 If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, change it to the reception
mode except the Tel Ready.
Important:
2 Insert the document.
3 Adjust resolution and contrast if necessary. ( Your fax machine will be transmitting
shows: to the machine doing the polling.)
4 Press Program key,
Your fax will scan the document into memory and return to standby mode.
Once the remote fax machine polls the document you stored, your fax machine auto-
matically erases the document from memory.
Printing a stored polling document
To print a document you ve stored for regular polling without erasing i t ,
press Program key,
Erasing a stored polling document
To erase a document you ve stored for regular polling from your machine s memory,
press Program key,
Your machine can t b e p o l l e d i f i t s i n Tel Ready mode.
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D ENTER
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D ENTER
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D ENTER