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Appendix 12
12.6 Fax glossary
The words commonly used regarding fax operations are described below.
This glossary also includes terms regarding functions that are not implemented on this machine.
Term Definition
Address Book This is a function to register the fax numbers of the frequently destinations.
When registering addresses in the Address Book, you can register destination
names and search characters. It makes possible to specify a destination using
the search characters for quick selection.
Background Removal This function sends a document after adjusting bright-ness of the background
color of the document.
Binding Position This is a function for specifying the binding position of a double-sided docu-
ment sent using the ADF. There is top/bottom binding, where the binding po-
sition is at the top (or) bottom of the document, and there is left/right binding,
where the binding position is at the left (or right) of the document and the top
and bottom of the second side of the document differ.
Book Copy A function for sending a fax of a book or catalog with the front cover, back cov-
er and the left and right pages sent as separate pages.
bps This is an abbreviation of bit per second.
It means the amount of data sent in one second as the unit of data transmis-
sion.
Broadcast A transmission of a single original to many recipients in one operation.
Bulletin This function posts the documents to be viewed, or stores the documents to
be transmitted through polling.
Check Dest. & Send A function for sending a fax transmission only after the specified fax number
and the fax number information (CSI) for the recipient’s machine match. This
prevents misdirected transmissions since a transmission error occurs if the
numbers do not match.
Closed Network RX A function for accepting only transmissions from recipient machines with a
matching password.
Confidential communication A function for sending and receiving documents to be viewed only by specific
persons. The confidential document is saved in a confidential user box in the
recipient’s machine and is not printed when it is received. The received docu-
ment can be printed when a specific operation is performed, for example,
when the access code for the confidential user box is entered.
Default value The setting value specified in advance when the machine is shipped from the
factory. Some default settings can be changed from the settings menu. It is
convenient to set frequently used values as default settings based on the us-
age conditions.
Dialing method There are three types: PB (push-button (tone) dialing), 10PPS (pulse dialing at
10 pps), and 20PPS (pulse dialing at 20 pps).
ECM Abbreviation for Error resend mode of G3 communication. It confirms whether
the data is correctly sent to the recipient or not, and if it is not correctly sent,
it communicates by resending the same data. If the recipient is set for the ECM
mode and the communication is done in ECM unless ECM off is specified in
this machine.
F-Code This is a communication procedure for the usage of sub address of T.30*
standardized by ITU-T (international telecommunication union) provided by
Communications and Information Network Association of Japan. In the com-
munication between fax machines with the F code function, various functions
that use F code can be utilized even if the manufacturers of the fax machines
are different. In this machine, F code is used in the bulletin boards, relay re-
quest, relay transmissions, confidential communication, password transmis-
sion. (* Communication standard)
File Re-TX This is a function to retry sending a specific document stored in the memory,
which was not successful sent, either to the same destination or to another
destination.
Frame Erase This is a function to erase the black shadow around the document and then
transmitting the fax, for example, when scanning the document formed of
booklet or when scanning a document by keeping ADF open.
G3 This is a fax communication mode standardized by the ITU-T (International
Telecommunication Union). The communication modes are G3 and G4. G3 is
currently the most popularly used mode.