Brother INTELLIFAX 820MC - Manual (Page 104)

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION
What Is Polling?
Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another fax machine. You may use
your machine to “poll” other machines, or you may ask someone to poll your machine.
The party who polls pays for the cost of the call.
How Does It Work?
First, two parties set up their fax machines so that they can accommodate polling.
Then one party leaves documents in the fax machine so that the other party can call
up and have the documents sent to them.
Polled side
When to Use Polling?
Use polling to control the cost of sending a fax.
1. If you want to pay for the cost of the call; Send out faxes to other parties as you
normally would, and if another party has documents to send you, ask if you can
poll for them.
2. If you want others to pay for the cost of the call: Ask them to poll your fax machine
for documents they want, and have them fax any ducumeiiLs that you want.
There are some fax machines that will not respond to this function.
Helpful Hints Using Polling Effectively (Examples)
Problem No. 1: You want another party to send you a long fax, but they do not
want to pay for the call.
Solution: Ask them to leave the document in their fax machine so you can
poll for it.
Problem No. 2; Sales representatives have difficulty sending in faxes to the
head office’s fax machine because it is busy so much of the time.
Solution: Head office can poll the sales representatives’ fax machines.
Problem No. 3: Because of the time or location, it is cheaper for someone else to
call you than it is for you to make the call.
Solution: Ask the other party to poll for the documents and offer to pay for
the call at their lower rate.
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