Brother MFC-9880, Owner'S Manual

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APPENDIX
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Glossary
Automatic Document Feeder Capacity Refers to the number of pages that can be placed in the
document feeder and fed one at a time automatically.
Automatic Fax Transmission Sending a fax without picking up the handset of an external
telephone.
Automatic Redial A feature that enables the machine to redial the fax number if the original fax
did not go through because the line was busy or there was no answer.
Backup Print Sets the machine to print a copy of faxes that are received and stored in memory.
Beeper The sound the keys make when they are pressed, an error occurs or a document has been
received or transmitted.
Beeper Volume Volume setting for the beep when you press a key or make an error.
Broadcasting The ability to send the same fax message to more than one location.
CNG tones The special tones (beeps) sent by fax machines during automatic transmission to tell
the receiving machine that they are from a fax machine.
COMM. ERROR (Communication error) An error during fax sending or receiving, usually
caused by line noise or static.
Coding Method Method of coding the information contained in a document. All fax machines
must use a minimum standard of Modified Huffman (MH). The machine is capable of greater
compression method, Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified Read (MMR) and JBIG 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 Group.
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 Transmission Sends your fax at a later time that day.
Drum unit A printing device for the machine.
Dual Access The machine 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.
ECM (Error Correction Mode) Detects errors during fax transmission and resends the parts of
the document that had errors.
Electronic Cover Page A preprogrammed cover page that is transmitted from the 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.
socket of the machine.