Canon B155 - Manual (Page 133)

Glossary
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A
AC
Alternating current. The type of electrical
current available from a wall outlet.
Activity report
Journal of transactions, both sent and received.
ADF
Automatic Document Feeder. The document
tray on the fax holds 20 sheets of paper.
Ans. Machine Mode
If you connect an answering machine to your
fax, this option allows you to receive
documents sent from other fax machines, as
well as messages from people calling when you
are out.
Automatic dialling
Dialling fax or telephone numbers by pressing
one or three buttons. To use automatic
dialling, you must register the numbers in the
fax’s memory. See also One-touch Speed
Dialling and Coded Speed Dialling.
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B
Bi-directional printing
The ability of the fax to print both left to right
and right to left. This printing method provides
a fast speed. See also Unidirectional printing.
bps
Bits per second. Refers to the speed with which
a fax machine sends and receives data.
Bubble Jet printing
An ink-jet type printing method that heats the
ink to the boiling point to form a bubble.
When the bubble expands, there is no room
left in the nozzle for the ink and the ink is
projected onto the paper.
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C
CCITT/ITU-TS
Formerly known as CCITT, Consultative
Committee for International Telegraph and
Telephone. CCITT has been replaced by the
International Telecommunications
Union-Telecommunications Sector (ITU-TS), a
committee created to set international
standards for telecommunications.
CNG
Calling Tone. This is a signal sent by fax
machines to identify the call as an incoming
document. When the receiving fax detects this
signal, it automatically starts to receive the fax
transmission. The majority of fax machines in
use today can send and detect CNG signals.
Coded Speed Dialling
An automatic dialling method that allows you
to dial a fax or telephone number by pressing
three buttons-[Coded Dial] and a two-digit
code using the numeric buttons. You can
register up to 20 Coded Speed Dialling
numbers in the fax.
Cursor
The underline symbol you see on the LCD
when you register numbers and names in the
fax. Press the arrow buttons to move the
cursor.
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D
Delayed Sending
The ability to send a document at a preset time
in the future. You do not have to be in your
office to use Delayed Sending to one or more
locations. (You can set up only one delayed
transmission at a time on the fax.)
Density control
A setting that darkens or lightens the scanning
of documents.
Dialling methods
Ways of pressing one or more buttons to
access a number to connect to an outside party
or fax machine. Dialling methods include
One-touch, Coded Speed Dialling, and Manual
(Regular).
Direct Sending
Transmitting a fax document one page at a
time without having the document scanned
into memory.
Document
The sheet of paper containing the data that
you send to or receive from a fax.
dpi
Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for
indicating a printer’s resolution.
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