Glossary – Canon L250 User Manual
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Reduction mode
The FAX-L250’s automatic feature that
slightly reduces the received image to allow
room at the top of the page for the sender’s ID
information. You can also reduce the size of
large incoming documents using the AUTO
RX REDUCE option.
Registering
A process by which you place fax or telephone
numbers and names in the FAX-L250’s
memory for automatic dialling so that you can
save time dialling frequently called
destinations.
Regular dialling
Pressing the individual numeric buttons to dial
a fax or telephone number.
Remote receiving ID
The two-digit code that enables you to
manually activate a fax using a telephone that
is connected to the FAX-L250.
Remote reception
Activating a fax by answering a telephone that
is connected to the FAX-L250, but that is not
located near the FAX-L250. You need to dial
a remote receiving ID number to start remote
reception.
Report
A document printed by the FAX-L250 and
containing information about the faxes it has
sent or received.
Resolution
The density of dots for any given output
device. Expressed in terms of dots per inch
(dpi). Low resolution causes font characters
and graphics to have a jagged appearance.
Higher resolution means smoother curves and
angles as well as a better match to traditional
typeface designs. Resolution values are
represented by horizontal data and vertical
data, for example, 360 × 360 dpi. This unit
produces output with 600 × 600 dpi precision.
Rotary pulse
A telephone dialling system where a dial is
rotated to send pulses to the telephone
switching system. When you pulse dial, you
hear clicks. When you touch-tone dial, the
most common dialling system, you hear tones.
Rotary pulse dialling requires certain setting
adjustments.
RX
See Receiving.
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S
Scanning contrast
A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning
of documents.
Sender ID
Information printed at the top of a fax (also
called TTI or Transmit Terminal ID):
¶ Date and time the fax was sent
¶ Sender’s fax/phone number
¶ Sender’s name
¶ Your name or company name
¶ Page number
Sending
A fax document that has been scanned by a
facsimile machine and sent over telephone
lines, in the form of electrical pulses, to
another facsimile machine. Also called TX or
Transmit.
Sending speed
The rate at which faxes are transmitted
through the phone line. See also bps (bits per
seconds).
STANDARD
A document setting for sending normal
typewritten or printed documents containing
only text and no drawings, photographs, or
illustrations.
Standby
The mode in which the FAX-L250 is on and
ready to use. All operations start from standby
mode when the LCD displays the time and
receiving mode.
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T
Timed sending
See Delayed sending.
Tone/pulse setting
The ability to set the FAX-L250 to match the
telephone dialling system your telephone line
uses: touch-tone or rotary pulse.
TONE
A button that allows you to temporarily switch
to touch-tone from pulse dialling. In some
countries, on-line data services may require
that you use tone dialling.
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