Chapter 8 Polling; Polling Receive - Brother MFC-580 Owner's Manual

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Polling
Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another machine. You can use the
machine to "poll" other machines, or you can have someone poll the machine.
All parties involved in polling need to set up their machines to accommodate polling. When someone
polls the machine to receive a fax, they pay for the call; if you poll someone's fax machine to receive
a fax, you pay for the call. (See Polling Transmit (Not Available for Colour Fax), page 41.)
Some machines do not respond to the polling function.
Secure Polling
Secure Polling is a way to keep your documents and others from falling into the wrong hands while
the machine is set up for polling. You can use Secure Polling only with another Brother fax machine.
Anyone who polls to receive a fax must enter the polling secure code.

Polling Receive

Polling Receive is when you call another fax machine to receive a fax from it.
Setup for Polling Receive (Standard)
1
Press Menu/Set, 2, 1, 8.
2
Press or
3
Enter the fax number you are polling, and press
Mono Fax Start.
Setup for Polling Receive with Secure Code
You need to make sure you are using the same secure code as the other party.
1
Press Menu/Set, 2, 1, 8.
2
Press or
3
Enter a four-digit secure code.
This is the same as the security code of the fax machine you are polling.
4
Press Menu/Set.
5
Enter the fax number you are polling.
6
Press Mono Fax Start.
to choose STANDARD, and press Menu/Set.
to choose SECURE, and press Menu/Set.
ENTER FAX NO.
ENTER FAX NO.
Polling
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