Polling; Regular Polling; Being Polled - imagistics 5000 Operating Manual

Polling

Polling allows someone to fax a document to you without having to make the call or
pay for it. There are two 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-compatible
fax machine. For more information on F-Code polling, see "F-Code transmission
and polling," pages 3.42.
Note: For polling to work, the remote machine must be set up to be polled.
Note: There is no universal standard for polling, attempts to poll non-
Imagistics machines may fail.

Regular polling

To set up your machine for regular polling:
1
Make sure the document is inserted in the remote fax machine.
2
Press . . The
COMM OPTIONS LCD
Communication Options Communication Options
Delayed Transmit Delayed Transmit

Polling

Polling
Batch Transmit Batch Transmit
3
Using the cursor key, select "Polling" and press
Enter Fax Number Enter Fax Number
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4
Enter the remote fax machine's number by either pressing a one-touch key,
entering a speed-dial number or using the numeric keypad.
5
To perform the regular polling now, skip to step 9.
To perform delayed regular polling, go on to step 6.
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ENTER LCD
6
Press . , . The
COMM OPTIONS ENTER
Delayed Transmit Delayed Transmit
Enter Transmit Time Enter Transmit Time
--/--:--
[ Clear ] [ Clear ]
7
Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time (use the 24-hour format)
when your machine should perform the delayed regular polling.
8
Press .
ENTER
9
Press .
START
When your machine polls for documents, it dials the number and, upon making con-
tact 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
polling:
1
If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, change it to the reception
mode except the Tel Ready.
Important: Your machine can't be polled if it's in Tel Ready mode.
2
Insert the document.
3
Adjust resolution and contrast if necessary. (Your fax machine will be trans-
mitting to the machine doing the polling.)
4
Press , 4, 1, 0, 1, .
MENU ENTER
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.
Basic operation
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LCD
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