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Appendix
Glossary
Additional Devices: You can connect ad-
ditional devices to your machine, such as
answering machines, telephones, charge
meters and computer modems; these can
be connected either in series or in parallel.
Parallel connection means that the devices
are connected to another telephone outlet
of the same line. If you connect the devices
to the external outlet of your machine, they
are connected in series. e fax switch of
your device can control and regulate only
devices connected in series.
Broadcasting: With this function, you can
send a fax or an Text2Fax message to mul-
tiple recipients.
Call-by-Call:
Selection of the telephone service
provider for each telephone call. It is possible
to place telephone calls through dierent pri-
vate service providers. By placing prexes in
front of the actual telephone number, one can
choose a dierent service provider for each
telephone call without entering into a rm
contract relationship (see Chain Dialing).
Caller List: e numbers of the last ten call-
ers are stored in the caller list. is func-
tion requires that the caller identication
function be enabled for your PTT line and
that the caller not suppress the transmis-
sion of his or her telephone number (see
Caller Identication).
Chain Dialing: Before the dialing process
begins, you can freely combine and edit
telephone book entries, manually entered
digits, numbers from the redial list or
numbers from the caller list. For example,
if you have saved the telephone number
prex of an inexpensive telephone service-
provider (see Call-by-Call) as a telephone
book entry, select this entry and manually
enter the desired telephone number or se-
lect another number from the telephone
book, the redial list or the caller list.
Dialing Pause: see Fax Polling
Abbreviations
bps: Bits per second (transfer rate)
CCITT: Comite Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique (forerun-
ners of the ITU)
CE: Conformité Européenne
CEPT: Conference Européenne des Administrations des Postes et des Télécommuni-
cations (interconnection of the post administrations)
CLIR: Calling Line Identication Restriction (see Caller Identication)
CNG: Calling Signal (see Fax Signal)
DECT: Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (cordless handset)
dpi: Dots per inch (see Resolution)
DTMF: Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (see Tone Dialing)
ECM: Error Correction Mode (see Error Correction Mode)
GAP: Generic Access Prole (radio protocol for cordless handsets)
IGM: Incoming Message (incoming message on the answering machine)
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ITU: International Telecommunications Union (organisation of the UN)
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
LED: Light Emitting Diode
MH: Modied Humann (encoding method for faxes, see Encoding)
MHC: Modied Humann Code (encoding method for faxes, see Encoding)
MMR: Modied Modied Read (encoding method for faxes, see Encoding)
MR: Modied Read (encoding method for faxes, see Encoding)
MRC: Modied Read Code (encoding method for faxes, see Encoding)
OCR: Optical Character Recognition (text recognition)
OGM: Outgoing Message (outgoing message of the answering machine)
PABX: Private Automatic Branch Exchange
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service (analog telephone service with low transfer
rate)
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
PTT: Postal, Telegraph and Telephone (organisation)
RAM: Random Access Memory
RJ-11: Registered Jack 11 (auch Western Plug, standardized telephone plug)
TWAIN: Tool Without An Interesting Name (standard for scanner drivers)
USB: Universal Serial Bus (computer connection)
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