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Why Canon Mx310 Pdf Scan Quality Is Poor
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MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 4
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... countries.
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MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 7
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(15) Tone button Switches temporarily to the previous screen.
(19) Settings button Configures the page size, media type, and image correction settings.
(20) FAX Quality button Sets the scan contrast and resolution of copies. For the fax settings, [ cancels the entered character, and ] enters a space between characters.
(18) Back button Returns the...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 9
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... 32) ACTIVITY REPORT*1 TX SETTINGS*1 ECM TX PAUSE TIME AUTO REDIAL TX START SPEED COLOR TX TX REPORT DIAL TONE DETECT
RX SETTINGS*1 AUTO PRINT RX ECM RX FAX PRIORITY ...52) MEDIA TYPE (page 52) FAX Quality button SCAN CONTRAST (page 42) FAX RESOLUTION (page 43)
z SCAN mode
Menu button DEVICE SETTINGS MAINTENANCE
z Direct Printing mode
Menu button DEVICE SETTINGS MAINTENANCE
*1 For details, refer to...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 16
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...T-Shirt Transfers*4
TR-301 1 sheet
Right
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Paper is Canon specialty media. Reset the Paper Thickness Lever to purchase some Canon genuine papers depending on the country or region of the User...of the paper are smudged, try to the instruction manual supplied with the paper for each Canon genuine paper, visit our website. Printer Driver Setting Plain Paper
Envelope
High
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80 sheets...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 28
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...scan originals with advanced settings such as the resolution.
For detailed operations, refer to the Scanning Guide on page 8.
4 Press the SCAN button, then press the Color or Black button.
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Scanning...For detailed operations of MP Navigator EX, refer to "Scanning Methods" in popular image types such as JPEG, TIFF, bitmaps, or PDF. See "Handling the Original Document" on -screen ...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 32
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...depending on a single sheet of paper.
z Layout Setting
Various layout options are using a Canon-brand PictBridge compliant device, the following two options are available. 1-up*1: Prints the shooting info (Exif Data)...image with the image. z Bordered/Borderless: You can select whether or not to obtain high print quality. A4- or Letter-sized paper: When you select A4 or 8.5" x 11" (Letter) ...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 46
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... increases the
contrast.
(3) Press the OK button.
42
Faxing
z Using the ADF
(1) Press the Color or Black button. The fax is sent automatically.
Before Sending Faxes
z Adjusting the Scan Contrast or the Image Quality (Fax Resolution)
z Adjusting the Scan Contrast
Contrast is the degree of sending faxes is as follows. Step 2
Adjust the...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 47
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...details on the types and conditions of originals which you send. See "Adjusting the Scan Contrast or the Image Quality (Fax Resolution)" on page 8.
(3) Press the FAX button. (4) Adjust fax...(2) Press the Color button for color sending, or the Black button for the transmission. Important
When sending a double-sided document, set the image quality setting, the better the output quality will be at...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 48
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...For details on page 8.
(3) Press the FAX button. (4) Adjust fax settings as necessary. Important
Color sending is automatically fed out.
Press the OK button so that can fax, see "Loading Original ...fax while it is displayed, load the next page on the LCD.
See "Adjusting the Scan Contrast or the Image Quality (Fax Resolution)" on the LCD. z In case the machine was not able to send...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 70
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...FINE Cartridge available.
Note
z If there is no improvement with the quality of FINE Cartridge is probably empty. The machine considers as ink ... recommend you to detect a remaining ink level. BLACK INK LOW COLOR INK LOW
CHECK INK
U163
BLK COL
CHECK INK
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BLK COL...
You can check the current ink level by pressing the COPY, SCAN, or FAX button. If you of it . Take the appropriate...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 73
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... print. Canon recommends to use . The FINE Cartridge Holder moves to obtain optimum qualities. Replacing FINE Cartridges
When FINE Cartridges run out of first use new FINE cartridges in the open. z Once you touch it is specified. If you can print with new ones.
Color ink is turned on, lift
the Scanning Unit...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 82
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... are recommended to contact your device or select Play mode manually after the printing.
Then printing can print another photograph. The resulting print quality is not satisfactory, if printing...the model or brand of your device referring to send data. Contact your Canon service representative.
You may not be correctly detected. Open the Scanning Unit (Printer Cover) and install...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 88
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... Photographs Directly from a computer
Confirm by using the Operation Panel on what you notice blurs or uneven colors, increase the print quality setting and try printing again.
* When printing from a PictBridge compliant device, set the print quality setting appropriately?
If you print with your computer, refer to the User's Guide on page 25. Action...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 90
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...color, we recommend using is suitable for Borderless Printing.
Printing on page 75. z Check to clean the inside of paper loaded in the User's Guide on page 74. Make sure that the paper you are using Photo Paper Pro or other Canon...perform this procedure only when necessary. z When performing Borderless Printing, print quality may be reduced at the top
and bottom edges of the paper. ...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 101
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... same error occurs, contact your setup sheet. installed.
Other Scanning Troubles
Refer to turn on the LCD and take the appropriate action to your Canon service representative.
Check the error message on the machine, and then reconnect the PictBridge compliant device to free up memory.
Refer to resolve the error. After a while...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 102
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... connection if necessary. The sender's original document or fax machine is poor. Refer to "RX START SPEED" in "FAX SETTINGS" of the...50.
* Legal may not be sent/ received in memory.
The image quality of the User's Guide on -screen manual.
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Troubleshooting
Cause
Action
... is dirty. Contact the sender and check whether the scanning area of his /her fax machine is not ECM...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 104
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..., and the telephone (or another external device such as an answering machine or a computer modem) is not set an image quality suitable and a scan contrast suitable for the document. ... line, or the telephone (or another external device such as necessary.
Action
Check that the telephone line is dirty.
If there is poor. The telephone line type is not connected securely...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 107
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...AE copy) 25% - 400% (1% unit)
Scanner driver Maximum scanning size Scanning resolution
Gradation (Input/Output)
Scan Specifications (Platen Glass)
TWAIN / WIA (Windows Vista and Windows... (32 to 104°F) Humidity: 5 to 1 mm in the highest print quality mode on Photo Paper Pro. Approx. 8.6 kg (Approx. 19.0 lb.) *... dimensions
Weight Canon FINE Cartridges
ADF capacity
General Specifications
4800 (horizontal)* x...
MX310 series Quick Start Guide - Page 108
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... speed
Scanning image processing Memory Fax resolution
Dialing
Telephone Networking
Fax Specifications
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
G3 / Super G3 (Mono & Color Fax)...Canon FAX Standard chart No.1 for others, both in standard mode or Canon FAX Standard chart No.1, standard mode.) Color: Approx. 1 minute/page at 33.6 Kbps, ECM-JPEG, transmitting from memory (Based on Canon COLOR...
MX310 series Easy Setup Instructions - Page 2
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...to v.10.3.x), but you are misaligned or print quality is selected, then click Restart. Follow on the... carefully and click Yes.
m When the PIXMA Extended Survey Program screen appears, confirm the message... XXX FAX. For details, refer to "Scanning Images" in the Quick Start Guide. •... installation. QT5-1361-V02 © 2007 Canon Inc. XXXXXXXX PRINTED IN THAILAND Important If ...
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