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7.4 Glossary
additional device, additional telephone
You can operate your fax machine together with additional
devices such as telephones, an answering machine etc. on
one single telephone line. In order to avoid interference you
have to enter some settings.
document
The written note you want to send by fax to another party.
DTMF
Short for:
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
.
With this signal you can start fax reception from an additional
telephone which has tone dialling.
fax paper
Special paper, which turns black by heating it.
fax switch, automatic and manual receive
The fax switch analyses incoming calls and detects whether
it is a normal call or a fax call. If you have chosen automatic
receive a fax will be received automatically and silently. If
you have chosen manual receive, the fax switch is not
operating and faxes can only be received by pressing
START.
home telephone system (HTS)
Many private households have installed a home telephone
system. Such a system offers the possibility of internal
communication but operates on only one single telephone
line.
polling
You can collect documents which have been prepared for
collection at a remote fax machine.
private branch exchange (PABX),
Private branch exchange systems are common in all bigger
outside line access code
enterprises. They provide a kind of internal telephone net. In
order to connect to the public net you have to dial an
outside line access code.
pulse dialling
The old dialling mode is pulse dialling. To every number key
a specific number of pulses is assigned.
sender identification
On nearly any fax machine the name and the number of the
user can be entered. This so called sender identification will
be printed on the fax receipt and will also appear on the
display of the fax partners’ machine.
thermal paper
See fax paper.
tone dialling
Tone dialling is the modern dialling mode. To every number
key a different tone is assigned.
