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with an external telephone answering device
If a telephone answering device is connected to the facsimile machine, you can use this
method of reception (in countries where this function is permitted). The answering device
waits for a given number of rings and then answers by playing the prerecorded message. It
may then either record the message left by the caller or prepare for automatic fax reception
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The procedures, page 72 .
The type of reception adopted by the machine depends on the setting of the set-up parameter
"RECEPTION MODE". In addition, by enabling the set-up parameter "SUBSTITUTE RECEP-
TION", the facsimile machine can store the documents received when the printer is occupied by
other functions or out of operation due to the paper or ink running out or a paper jam in the paper
feed mechanism. The facsimile machine's memory contains about fifteen pages.
Polling could be defined as a "self-service data communications" method. It enables you to connect
to a remote facsimile machine and request it to send a document automatically. This means that
the owner of the remote machine does not have to be present. This method of distributing
documents can be limited to a group of correspondents (for example, for sending confidential
documents) or entirely free to anyone who requests it (for example, for distributing price lists).
There are two main features of communication by polling:
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the receiver activates transmission of the document
i.e. you can connect to a remote facsimile machine and get it to automatically send an
appropriately prepared document even if the remote user is not present
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the receiver is charged for the call
i.e. the receiver is charged for the call instead of the sender.
The facsimile machine that sends the document and the one that requests transmission have
several different methods of polling.
Polling transmission
When the device sends a document by polling, it may use the following methods:
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free
by which the document can be sent to a single correspondent or several correspondents ,
depending on whether the set-up parameter "DEL FAILED POLL TX DOC" is, respectively,
enabled or disabled: if it is enabled, when the document has been sent, the facsimile machine
automatically clears the document from the memory; if it is disabled, the document remains
at the disposal of other users who request it
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The procedures, page 76 .
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