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Polling lets you set up your machine so other 
people can receive faxes from you, but they 
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody 
else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, 
so you pay for the call. The polling feature 
needs to be set up on both machines for this 
to work. Not all fax machines support polling. 
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Polling receive lets you call another fax 
machine to receive a fax.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode  .
b (for EU and Asia/Oceania)
Press  Menu, 2, 1, 8.
(for USA and Canada) 
Press  Menu, 2, 1, 7.
c (for EU and Asia/Oceania only) 
Press a or b to choose Standard. 
Press OK.
d Enter the fax number you are polling. 
Press Start.
Secure polling (for EU and 
Asia/Oceania) 10
Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get 
the documents you set up to be polled. 
Secure Polling only works with SP 1200SF 
fax machines. If you want to get a fax from a 
secured SP 1200SF Fax machine, you have 
to enter the secure code.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode  .
b Press  Menu, 2, 1, 8.
c Press a or b to choose Secure.
Press OK.
d Enter a four-digit secure code.
Press OK.
This is the security code of the fax 
machine you are polling.
e Enter the fax number you are polling.
f Press  Start.
Delayed polling (for EU and 
Asia/Oceania) 10
Delayed polling lets you set the machine to 
begin polling receive at a later time. You can 
only set up one delayed polling operation.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode  .
b Press  Menu, 2, 1, 8.
c Press a or b to choose Timer.
Press OK.
d Enter the time (in 24-hour format) you 
want to begin polling.
Press OK.
For example, enter 21:45 for 9:45 PM.
e Enter the fax number you are polling. 
Press  Start.
The machine makes the polling call at 
the time you entered.
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