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Fax machines

Terms that relate to machines that are able to send and receive scanned documents by use of a phone line.

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Fax machines

Pause

Office equipment; Fax machines

Causes a 3.5 second delay while dialling with one-touch and speed-dial numbers.

Photo mode

Office equipment; Fax machines

A resolution mode that uses various shades of grey for sending photos.

Polling

Office equipment; Fax machines

Allows the unit to call remote locations and retrieve any waiting faxes.

Portable fax machine

Office equipment; Fax machines

A small fax machine similar to a laptop computer that lets you send faxes from any location using a telephone or just a phone line, or via a cell phone.

Quickscan

Office equipment; Fax machines

This means you can scan a document into the fax machine's memory before you send it. Super quickscan is even faster.

Thermal transfer

Office equipment; Fax machines

A printing method in which heat transfers carbon ink from a ribbon to plain paper.

Lcd liquid crystal display

Office equipment; Fax machines

The display on the control panel that shows you information such as the date, time, phone number, etc.

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