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APPENDIX
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Glossary
A
AC
Alternating current. The type of electrical current available from a wall outlet.
Activity report
A journal of the machine’s fax transactions, both sent and received.
Application program
Software prepared for a specific function or set of functions. Developers who make application programs
include drivers that support different types of printers.
ASCII
Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A set of definitions for the bit composition
of characters and symbols. ASCII defines 128 symbols using 7 binary bits and 1 parity bit.
Auto FAX/TEL switching
See FAX/TEL switching.
Automatic dialing
Dialing fax or telephone numbers by pressing one or three buttons. To use automatic dialing, you must
register the numbers in the machine’s memory. See also One-Touch Speed Dialing, Coded Speed Dialing,
and Group Dialing.
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
The device included in the machine that feeds the document being faxed, copied, or scanned into the
machine.
Automatic image reduction
The machine can print the date, time, company name, and a fax number at the top of the faxes it receives. To
prevent this information from crowding the faxed image on the page and possibly lengthening the fax, the
machine automatically reduces the size of the image on the page.
Automatic redialing
When the receiving fax machine is busy or does not answer, or when an error occurs while sending, the
machine waits a specified time and then automatically redials the number. If the receiving fax is still busy or
does not answer, the machine waits the specified time and dials again. If the fax still does not go through, the
machine prints an error TX report.
