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G L O S S A R Y
Coding Method Method of coding the information contained in a document. All fax
machines must use a minimum standard of Modified Huffman (MH). Your fax
machine is capable of greater compression methods, Modified Read (MR) and
Modified Modified Read (MMR), if the receiving machine has the same
capability.
Compatibility Group The ability of one fax unit to communicate with another.
Compatibility is assured between ITU-T Groups.
Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light documents, by lightening dark
documents or darkening light documents.
Cover Page Prints a page at the other party’s machine that contains the sender and
recipient’s name and fax number, number of pages and comment. You can
generate an electronic cover page at the other end with pre-programmed
information from memory or you can print a sample cover page to fax with your
document.
Cover Page Message The comment that is on the Cover Page. This is a
programmable feature.
Delayed Fax Sends your fax at a later time that day.
Delayed Timer You can program a certain time each day that all delayed faxes will
be sent on a first come first served basis.
Distinctive Ring A service purchased from the Telephone Company that provides
another phone number on an existing phone line. The Brother fax machine uses
the new number to simulate a dedicated fax line.
drum unit A printing device for your fax machine .
Dual Access Your FAX/MFC can scan outgoing faxes or scheduled jobs into
memory at the same time it is sending a fax or receiving or printing an incoming
fax.
Easy Receive Enables your FAX/MFC to respond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax
call by answering.
ECM (Error Correction Mode) Detects errors during fax transmission and resends
the page(s) of the document that had an error.
Electronic Cover Page A preprogrammed cover page that is transmitted from the
fax machine’s memory, eliminating the need for making up cover pages manually.
Extension Phone A telephone on the fax number that is plugged into a separate wall
jack.
External Phone A TAD (telephone answering device) or telephone that is plugged
into the EXT jack of your fax machine.
F/T Ring Time The length of time the fax machine rings (when the answer mode
setting is FAX/TEL) to notify you to pick up a voice call that it answered.