Brother MFC4550 PLUS User Manual
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7.
POLLING aEMPORARY SETTINGS)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
W hat Is Polling'?
Polling is the process of
retrieving
faxes from another fax machine. You
may use your
M F C
to “poll” other machines, or you may ask someone to poll
your MFC. The party who polls pays for the cost of the call.
H ow Does It W ork?
First all 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 and have the documents sent to them.
Polling Side
Polled Side
Caii
Receive Document
When to Use Polling
Use polling to control the cost of who pays for sending a fax.
1.
If
you
want to pay for the cost of the call: Send 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
MFC for documents they want, and have them fax any documents that
you want.
* There are some fax machines that will not respond to the polling function
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