Canon printer FAXPHONE L170 User Manual

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7Receiving Faxes
This chapter describes how to use your machine to receive faxes.
Different Ways to Receive a Fax
The machine provides you with 5 different modes for receiving faxes. To decide which mode will best suit your requirements, 
consider how you want to use the machine:
* Factory default setting
You can confirm which receive mode is set by checking the standby display. The receive mode is displayed in the lower left 
of the LCD.
Receive ModeMain...

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Setting the Receive Mode
Set the machine receive mode as follows:
1Open One-Touch Speed Dial panel ➞ press [Receive Mode].
The LCD display shows the current receive mode setting.
2If you want to change the receive mode, press [Receive Mode] repeatedly until the mode you want appears  ➞ press [Set].
Each time you press [Receive Mode], the receive mode changes in the following order:
Fa x O nl y ➞ DRPD ➞ Manual ➞ AnsMode ➞ FaxTel ➞ FaxOnly ➞ …
Receiving...

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What Happens When FaxTel Mode is Selected
Set the FaxTel Mode options as follows:
1Press [Menu].
2Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to select  ➞ press [Set].
3Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to select  ➞ press [Set].
4Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to select  ➞ press [Set] twice.
5Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to set the time the machine waits before ringing when it receives a call ➞ press [Set] twice.
You can use the numeric buttons instead of using [ (-)] or [ (+)] to set the time....

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6Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to set the time the machine rings while waiting for someone to pick up the handset ➞ press [Set] twice.
You can use the numeric buttons instead of using [ (-)] or [ (+)] to set the time.
7Press [ (-)] or [ (+)] to select  or  ➞ press [Set].
This setting tells the machine what to do if no one picks up the handset within the specified ring time set in step 6.
8Press [Stop/Reset] to return to standby mode.
Receiving Faxes Manually:...

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•The machine then begins receiving the document. (This is particularly convenient if your telephone is located away from the machine.)•If you do not hang up after pressing [Start] or the two-digit ID code, the machine beeps intermittently after you receive the document. 
(You can turn the beeping off by disabling the  in the  menu. See p. 15-7 for details.)
NOTE
If you have an answering machine connected to your machine that can carry out...

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Receiving Faxes in Memory When a Problem Occurs
The machine will automatically receive incoming faxes into its memory if it encounters a problem that prevents it from 
printing normally. The LCD will display  and a message showing the problem. See below the 
error messages, their cause and the action you need to take to correct the problem.
NOTE
•The machine memory can store up to approx. 450 LTR-size pages*.•Once the pages are printed,...

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Receiving While Performing Other Tasks
Since the machine is a multitasking device, it can receive faxes and phone calls while you are entering your user 
information, making copies, or printing.
If you receive a fax while you are making copies or printing, the machine stores the incoming fax in memory. Then, as soon 
as you finish making copies or printing, the machine automatically prints the fax. If you are entering registration...

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CHAPTER
What’s Polling?8-1
8Setting Up and Using Polling
This chapter shows you how to set up and use polling sending and receiving. Polling is useful when the sending party cannot be in the office 
at the same time.
What’s Polling?
Polling means a fax calls another fax and requests the other fax to 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...