User manual

Default — The setting your machine will always refer to if no other action has been pro-
grammed. For example, you can set the default for this machine to send a fax by using its
memory. If you set this action as the default, that’s how your machine will always send a fax,
until you tell it differently.
Delayed command — Transmission or polling operation set by the user to occur later, auto-
matically, at a predetermined time. Great for reducing costs by making fax calls during times
when telephone costs are lowest, such as late at night or on weekends.
Digital — Using the binary system (which uses a combination of 0s or 1s) to describe every-
thing,so that 0 means off and 1 means on; digital fax machines convert the graphic image of
your document into a series of zeros and ones by using the binary system of transmission to
encode black and white occurrences. This increases transmission speed by passing over white
spaces.See also White-line skip.
Digital fax — Unlike analog systems that scan every portion of a document, digital fax
machines survey a document’s overall picture content. Digital fax machines scan a line and
convert the information into a binary code of zeros and ones.The fax machine takes this
information and compresses it, providing high transmission speeds. Many Muratec units
offer proprietary methods for faster transmissions between Muratec-manufactured units (see
also
MSE , SMSE ).
DIP switches — Dual in-line package switch; a two-position on/off switch. Many Muratec fax
machines include
DIP switches to control optional settings or features.
Document feeder — The adjustable slot into which users place documents for faxing or
copying.
Effective printing width — The widest image that can be printed on a fax.
Effective scan width — The maximum width the scanner in a fax can scan during trans-
mission.
F-Code — A fax-industry standard created by the
ITU - T for sub-addressing/password-based
communications.Because F-Code is an industry standard, Muratec fax machines as well as
all
ITU - T equipped fax machines from other manufacturers can communicate with each other
using sub-addressing.
Facsimile (or fax) — A form of communication involving the scanning and decoding of a docu-
ment into electrical signals and transmitting of the document, over telephone lines to another
device.This device then reconstructs the signals to produce an exact duplicate of the document.
Also, a machine that performs such communication.
Fallback — Group 3 fax machines operate at the highest transmission speed possible on a
given telephone line. Muratec systems offer automatic fallback; if line quality drops during
transmission, the fax machine will reduce speed to the fastest possible level.
File number — A number the machine gives to each document it stores for a batch, F-Code
or polling operation.
Fine resolution — 203
H × 196 V lpi.Also shown as G 3 F (“Group 3 fine”) on some fax units.
Grayscale — Not a level of resolution, but a method of scanning and transmitting halftone
images.Fax machines with grayscale abilities interpret photographs in levels of gray between
white and black.The transmitting fax machine must have grayscale ability to send a photo-
graphic image accurately, but the receiving machine does not need it to print the image.
Group 3 — Refers to fax machines that use digital encoding. These units transmit one page
in less than one minute and produce resolution of 203 × 98, 203 × 196, or 406 × 392 lpi.
Halftone — See Grayscale.
Handshaking — An exchange of data between telecommunications and/or
computer equipment that “introduces” two systems to each other. For example, faxes use a
handshaking protocol to identify the
ITU - T group of each unit and to begin fax communication.
Hub — See Relay broadcasting.
Hz (or Hertz) — A measure of frequency equal to one cycle per second. Used in the specifica-
tions for a fax machine,it identifies the
AC power the unit requires.
ITU - T — International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications Sector. (Formerly
known as
CCITT , for Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone.) A
telecommunications forum for member countries of the United Nations whose Study Group
XIV established the primary groups for fax equipment, covering communication protocol and
transmission. Muratec Group 3 fax machines offer the fastest transmissions allowed by the
ITU - T when communicating with other Group 3 units.
ITU - T Test Document 1 — Also called the Slerexe (“slehr-rehks”) letter; An ITU - T standard
document with a known black density which fax makers often use to test transmission
speeds of their fax machines. Published transmission speeds are also based on this document.
ITU - TV .29 and V .27 ter. — A standard set of communication procedures allowing fax
machines to talk to all other units adhering to those standards.
JBIG — Joint Bi-level Image experts Group, the new ITU - T standard image data compression
method.As
JBIG compresses the data more efficiently than MMR , it is especially effective when
transmitting halftone (grayscale) image document.
(Of course, the compression ratio may vary with the image data.)
Laser printing — A plain-paper printing system.Toner is attached to a charged drum and
an image is transferred onto plain paper through electrical currents,then fused with heat
and pressure to produce a dry, permanent printout.
LCD — Liquid crystal display. Used on some Muratec units for status displays.
Leased line — See Private line.
Load number — A number assigned to telecommunications equipment used in Canada;
designed to help prevent overloading on a telephone circuit. See also Ringer equivalence num-
ber.
Location
ID — See Station ID .
lpi — Lines per inch.The way fax image resolution is measured. (For example, see Normal
resolution.)
Appendix and index
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