- MFC-240C Fax Machine User's Guide

Glossary
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Extension phone
A telephone using the same line as your
fax but plugged into a separate wall
socket.
External phone
A TAD (telephone answering device) or
telephone that is connected to your
machine.
F/T Ring Time
The length of time that the Brother
machine rings (when the Receive Mode
setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up
a voice call that it answered.
FaxAbility
A subscriber service purchased from the
telephone company that provides another
phone number on an existing phone line.
The Brother fax machine uses the new
number to simulate a dedicated fax line.
Fax Detect
Enables your machine to respond to CNG
tones if you interrupt a fax call by
answering it.
Fax Journal
Lists information about the last 200
incoming and outgoing faxes. TX means
Transmit. RX means Receive.
Fax Receive Code
Press this code (l 5 1) when you answer
a fax call on an extension or external
phone.
Fax tones
The signals sent by sending and receiving
fax machines while communicating
information.
Fax/Tel
You can receive faxes and telephone
calls. Do not use this mode if you are
using a telephone answering device
(TAD).
Fine resolution
Resolution is 203 × 196 dpi. It is used for
small print and graphs.
Grey scale
The shades of grey available for copying,
scanning and faxing photographs.
Group number
A combination of Speed-Dial numbers
that are stored in a Speed-Dial location for
Broadcasting.
Help list
A printout of the complete Menu table that
you can use to program your machine
when you do not have the User's Guide
with you.
Journal Period
The pre-programmed time period
between automatically printed Fax
Journal Reports. You can print the Fax
Journal on demand without interrupting
the cycle.
LCD (liquid crystal display)
The display screen on the machine that
shows interactive messages during On-
Screen Programming and shows the date
and time when the machine is idle.
Manual fax
When you lift the handset of your external
telephone you can hear the receiving fax
machine answer before you press Mono
Start or Colour Start to begin sending.
Menu mode
Programming mode for changing your
machine's settings.
OCR (optical character recognition)
The bundled ScanSoft
®
PaperPort
®
SE
with OCR or Presto!
®
PageManager
®
software application converts an image of
text to text you can edit.
Out of Paper Reception
Receives faxes into the machine's
memory when the machine is out of paper.
Overseas Mode
Makes temporary changes to the fax
tones to accommodate noise and static on
overseas phone lines.