2.25Receiving a fax2 OperationPollingWhat is polling?Polling means that one fax machine requests another to send a document.This is useful for sending unattended faxes. The person who wants to receivethe document calls the machine holding the original and requests that thedocument be sent. In other words, it “polls” the machine holding the originaldocument.Note: The remote machine must also support polling to use this feature.Being polled by a remote machine (TX poll)You can program your fax machine to send documents when polled by aremote fax machine. It is possible to assign a poll code to preventunauthorized polling of your fax machine.When you secure your machine using a poll code, only those who know thecode can poll your machine.1. Place the document face down in the automatic document feeder. Ifdesired, adjust the resolution and contrast. for details, see page 2.82. Press Menu, then press Polling on the one-touch keypad. The displayprompts you to choose on of the two polling options: 1.TX POLL and2.DELAY RX POLL.3. Press Start/Enter to confirm ‘1.TX POLL.’ The display prompts you toenter a 4-digit poll code.Note: The poll code is preset to 0000 at the factory. This setting represents no pollcode.4. If you want to use a poll code, enter a 4-digit code.5. Press Start/Enter.OrIf you do not want to secure the transmission with a poll code, pressStart/Enter when the display shows 0000 for TX-POLL CODE. If youpreviously entered a poll code, and do not want one, you may enter 0000and then press Start/Enter.