P o l l i n g -1, What is polling? -1, How does it work? -1 – Brother MFC 7550MC User Manual
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POLLING
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MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC
OP-US-5.0
7.
POLLING
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
What Is Polling?
Polling
is
the
process
of
retrieving
faxes
from
another
fax
machine.
You
may
use
your
machine
to
“poll”
other
machines,
or
you
may
ask
someone
to
poll
your
machine.
The
party
who
polls
pays
for
the
cost
of
the
call.
How Does It Work?
First all parties set up their fax machines so that they can accommodate
polling. Then one party leaves documents in the fax machine so that the
other party can call and have the documents sent to them.
When to Use Polling
Use polling to control the cost of who pays for sending a fax.
1. If you want to pay for the cost of the call: Send faxes to other parties as
you normally would, and if another party has documents to send you, ask
if you can poll for them.
2. If you want others to pay for the cost of the call: Ask them to poll your
machine for documents they want, and have them fax any documents
that you want.
* There are some fax machines that will not respond to the polling function.
Call
Receive document
Polled side
Polling side