Canon printer FAXPHONE L80 User Manual

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Special Features
Polling
What is Polling?
In normal faxing, a fax machine sends a document to another fax machine. With polling,
a fax machine calls another fax machine and requests that a document be sent to it; in
other words, it “polls” that fax machine.
Your machine has the capability of functioning in both roles; it can poll another fax
machine to retrieve a document from it (polling receiving), or it can hold a document in
its polling box so that other fax machines can...

9-10Special Features Chapter 9 Follow this procedure to poll one or several fax machine(s):
1Press Function.
2Press Polling.
3Use ∂or ¨to select POLLING RX.
4Press Set.
5Enter up to 116 fax numbers you want
to poll using any of the following 
methods:
❚One-touch speed dialing:
Press the one-touch speed dialing 
button(s) you want.
❚Coded speed dialing:
Press Coded Dial, then use the 
numeric buttons to enter the two-
digit code you want. Repeat for other
codes.
•Be sure to press Coded Dialbefore
each...

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•If you enter a wrong destination,
press 
Clear, then enter the
correct destination.
•You cannot enter a
subaddress/password with
regular dialing. If you need to
enter a subaddress/password for
polling, register them together
with the fax number for speed
dialing (1
Chapter 6).
•To review the destinations
entered, use ∂
or ¨to scroll
through the numbers.
6Press Start/Copyto begin polling the
fax machine(s).
Canceling Polling Receiving
To cancel polling...

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Polling Sending
In polling sending, your machine holds a document in its polling box so that other fax
machines can retrieve it.
You may find polling sending convenient in the following situations:
–A company department might store a document in the machine so that other
departments can retrieve it if they require that document.
–When you want the other party to retrieve a document from your machine at their
convenience.
–When you want the other party to bear the...

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6Use the numeric buttons to enter a 
name for the polling box (max. 24
characters, including spaces).
•If you are unsure how to enter
characters, see p. 3-2.
7Press Settwice.
8Use the numeric buttons to enter a 
four-digit password.
•This password prevents unauthorized
access to the polling box settings. You
will need to enter this password
whenever you want to change or delete
the polling box settings. If you do not
want to enter a password, ignore this...

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12Use ∂or ¨to select if the document
remains in the machine’s memory
after it is polled.
•You can select from the following:
–
ON
The document in the polling box is
deleted after it is retrieved by one fax
machine.
–
OFF
The document in the polling box
remains in the polling box so that it
can be retrieved by an unlimited
number of fax machines.
13Press Set.
14Press Stop/Resetto return to standby 
mode.
Once you have set up the polling box, you are ready to scan into it the...

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Scanning a Document into the Polling Box
Follow this procedure to store a document in the polling box so that other fax machines
can retrieve it:
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You need to set up the polling box before you can scan a document into the polling box 
(1
p.9-12).
1Load the document, face down in the 
ADF (1
p. 4-3).
•To adjust the resolution and contrast, (Currently used memory)
see pp. 7-2, 7-3.
•You may be unable to scan if the 
memory used (shown in the LCD) is...

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2Press Data Registration.
3Press Set.
4Use ∂or ¨to select POLLING BOX.
5Press Set.
6Use ∂or ¨to select the setting you
want.
•You can select from the following:
–
CHANGE DATA
–DELETE FILE
■If you selected CHANGE DATAin step 6:
7Press Set.
•If you registered a password to prevent
unauthorized access to the polling box
settings, use the numeric buttons to
enter it, then press 
Set.
8Use ∂or ¨to select the setting you
want and press 
Set.
•You can select from the following:
–...

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Restricting Reception
By enabling this feature, you can restrict reception of faxes to only the numbers
registered for speed dialing on your machine. This feature is useful to prevent reception
of unsolicited faxes (e.g. junk mail).
Follow this procedure to enable or disable receiving restriction:
1Press Function.
2Press Data Registration.
3Press Set.
4Use ∂or ¨to select SYSTEM
SETTINGS
.
5Press Settwice.
6Use ∂or ¨to select the setting you
want.
•You can...

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■If you selected OFFin step 6:
9Press Set.
10Press Stop/Resetto return to standby 
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