Owner`s manual

ADVANCED FAX USE
Polling 43
8 Polling
All parties involved in polling need to set up their machines to accommodate polling. When someone
polls the machine to receive a fax, they pay for the call; if you poll someone’s fax machine to receive
a fax, you pay for the call. (See Polling Transmit, page 45)
Secure Polling
Secure Polling is a way to keep your documents and others’ from falling into the wrong hands while
the fax machines are set up for polling. You can use Secure Polling only with another Brother fax
machine. Anyone who polls to receive a fax must enter the polling secure code.
Polling Receive
Polling Receive is when you call another fax machine to receive a fax from it.
Setup for Polling Receive (Standard)
1 Press Menu, 2, 1, 8.
2 Press or to choose STANDARD, and press Set.
3 Enter the fax number you are polling, and press
Fax Start.
The screen displays DIALING #XXX.
Setup for Polling Receive with Secure Code
You need to make sure you are using the same secure code as the other party.
1 Press Menu, 2, 1, 8.
2 Press or to choose SECURE, and press Set.
3 Enter a four-digit secure code.
This is the same as the security code of the fax machine you are polling.
4 Press Set.
5 Enter the fax number you are polling.
6 Press Fax Start.
Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another machine. You can use the
machine to “poll” other machines, or you can have someone poll your machine.
Some machines do not respond to the polling function.
ENTER FAX NO.
PRESS FAX START
ENTER FAX NO.
PRESS FAX START