Canon IMAGERUNNER 2010F - Manual (Page 253)

What Is Polling? 9-2
Using P
olling
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What Is Polling?
Polling is when one fax machine calls another fax machine and requests that the
other fax machine send a document that it is holding. Unlike normal sending and
receiving, in polling, the receiver always calls the sender. This is called polling to
receive a document. The sender sends the document in response to a polling
request by a telephone call from the receiver.
You can set up a polling box in your machine and store documents in it so that other
fax machines can call you, and request to send the document in your polling box.
IMPORTANT
To use polling, you have to create a polling box first, and let the other party know its ITU-
T subaddress and password. Setting the password for the polling box is optional. Also, if
you create a polling box numbered “00,” the ITU-T subaddress is optional. (See “Polling
Box Settings Table,” on p. 9-22.)
NOTE
• If you want to receive a document stored in another party’s fax machine, make a polling
request to receive the document. (See “Polling Receiving,” on p. 9-4.)
• If you want to create a polling box with an ITU-T subaddress and password, be sure to
set the polling box number other than “00.”
Stored
Documents
Example of Polling Sending
This Machine
Fax Machine A
Fax Machine B
Fax Machine C
Polling Box