Canon printer Color imageCLASS MF8180c User Manual

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Paper Handling
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Selecting the Paper Output Area
Face down paper output delivers paper with the printed side down on the output 
tray. Face up paper output delivers paper with the printed side up from the output 
area. Select the area depending on your purpose by opening or closing the face up 
cover.
Open the face up cover for face up paper output, or close the face up cover and pull 
out the output tray for face down paper output.
IMPORTANT
Do not open or close the...

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Paper Handling
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Face Down Paper Output Area
The paper is delivered with the printed side down on the output tray. 
Paper is stacked in printed order. 
Close the face up cover.
IMPORTANT
•Do not place the delivered paper back on the output tray. Doing so may result in paper 
jams.
•Do not place objects other than paper on the output tray. Doing so may result in paper 
jams.
Heavy Paperface up 1 sheet
face downapprox. 20 sheets
(28 lb to 44 lb (106 g/m
2 to 163 g/m2))...

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Face Up Paper Output Area
The paper is delivered with the printed side up from the face up paper output at the 
rear of the machine. 
This way is convenient for printing on transparencies, or envelopes which tend to 
curl, because the paper is delivered straight through out of the machine.
Open the face up cover.
•Remove the delivered paper one by one.
IMPORTANT
•Do not pull the paper forcibly.
•This machine has no face up output tray. Remove the...

CHAPTER
Document Requirements3-1
3Document Handling
This chapter describes the types of documents you can scan or copy with this machine and 
how to set them on the platen glass.
Document Requirements
The documents you place on the platen glass or loaded in the ADF for copying, 
scanning, or sending must meet these requirements:
*1When scanning, copying, or sending a transparent document such as tracing paper or transparencies, place a piece 
of plain white paper behind the document.
*
221 lb (80 g/m2)...

Document Requirements3-2
Document Handling
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NOTE
When making copies of a small size document, the copy speed may be slightly slower 
than usual.
Problem Documents
•Make sure any glue, ink, or correction fluid on the document is completely dry 
before placing it on the platen glass or loading it in the ADF.
•Remove all fasteners (staples, paper clips, etc.) before loading the document in 
the ADF.
•To prevent document jams in the ADF, do not use any of the following:
Scanned Area of a Document
The shaded...

Setting Up Documents3-3
Document Handling
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Setting Up Documents
For scanning, place your documents on the platen glass or load them in the ADF. 
Where you set up your documents depends on the size and type of documents you 
want to scan. (See Document Requirements, on p. 3-1.)
Placing a Document on the Platen Glass
1Open the platen glass cover.
2Place your document face down on the platen glass. 
Use the paper size marks on the left side of the platen glass to position a document.
•If your document...

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Document Handling
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The illustration below shows how to place an LTR-size document on the platen glass.
3Gently lower the platen glass cover.
The document is now ready for scanning.
Loading Documents in the ADF
1Fan the edges that will feed into the machine first, then tap the 
edges of multiple page documents on a flat surface to even the 
stack. 

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Document Handling
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2Adjust the document guides to the width of the document.
3Load the documents face up in the ADF.
NOTE
•For multiple page documents, the pages are fed one by one from the top of the stack 
(from the first page).
•Wait until all pages of your document have been scanned before starting a new job.
•50 sheets (80 g/m2) or paper stack within 5/16 (8 mm)  thickness including curled sheets 
(guaranteed) (reference at regular ambient temperature and humidity) documents...

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The Paper Path of the ADF
NOTE
•When documents are loaded in the ADF, the scanning unit moves to the position shown 
above and remains there.
•When documents are not loaded in the ADF, the scanning unit moves to scan it.
3 2
1The machine scans documents
from the first page.
Scanning 
unit 

CHAPTER
Before Printing4-1
4Printing from Your Computer
This chapter explains how to print the documents from your computer using the printer driver 
included in the CD-ROM.
Before Printing
Before printing, software must be installed in your computer.
•If not, please refer to the Quick Start Guide or Chapter 1, Installation, in the 
Software Guide.
Check if the machine is selected as the default printer.
•You can check if your machine is set as the default printer when you open the 
[Print] dialog box in...