Polling; Polling Receive; Sequential Polling - Brother MFC-820CW User Manual

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Polling

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 you call another fax machine
to receive a fax.
a
Press (Fax).
b
Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
Press OK.
c
Press a or b to choose On (or Off).
Press OK.
d
Enter the fax number you are polling.
e
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The LCD shows Dialing.

Sequential polling

Sequential polling lets you request
documents from several fax machines in one
operation. Afterwards, a Sequential Polling
Report will be printed.
a
Press
b
Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
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Press OK.
c
Press a or b to choose On (or Off).
Press OK.
d
Press a or b to choose Broadcasting.
Press OK.
e
Press a or b to choose Add Number.
Press OK.
f
Enter a number using Speed-Dial, a
Group, or the dial pad.
Press OK.
g
Repeat steps e and f for all the fax
numbers you want to poll, and then
press a or b to choose Complete.
Press OK.
h
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine polls each number or
Group number in turn for a document.
Press Stop/Exit while the machine is dialing
to cancel the polling process.
To cancel all sequential polling receive jobs,
see Checking job status or canceling a
scheduled job on page 32.
(Fax).
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