Cannon mp210 problem: i want to print 1 sheet and 5 or 6 pages go through at once. Any ideas???

Make sure you fan the paper properly and it may need a new separation pad, also make sure the side guides are tight on the paper and the paper can't move around.

You should try to do a Print Head Cleaning cycle.
Follow by an Aligning the Print Head procedure.
Page 29 & 31 of your Quick Start Guide.

After a great deal of frustration and trying every permutation possible I succeeded amid an ever rising mountain of paper! . . .and find that I have to totally ignore the "Booklet printing" option . . . but ask it to print landscape; 1 page per sheet; flip on short edge.
Now I need to do the same to crack the sytem for the Cannon Pixma IP4000 inkjet.
Thank you for your consideration.

Link to cannon download for your model manual: 

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=334&modelid=15402

I would remove and reinstall the driver to see if that will correct the single copy problem.
On paper: low cost paper generally has a high wood fiber content making the surface rougher than that of better paper stock and more likely to 'stick' together. With any kind of paper, it is useful to fan the stack before placing it into the feed tray or cassette. Sometimes the edges are not sheered cleanly which can also cause them to tend to stay together. Fanning helps overcome this too.

It is 99% of the time the print cartridge. If it is every other sheet on A4 then it is this.

Normal 0 I suggest you get a sheet of Card Stock (Heavy paper) and place it in the feed way. Then press the print button applying a slight amount of pressure on the Card Stock so it will feed through the printer. The reason for this is in some cases I have been able to clear the paper track of debris that was deposited there over time.
Worth a try, as I have fixed a number of printers this way, saving costly repairs.
Hope this helps. Bud

Cannon website says press <black> or <color> button to continue printing. Let me know if this doesn't work.

goddman it same issue here - brand new, not working, drives me nuts - anyone solved this yet?

Set Duplex Printing (Windows) For details on how to set duplex printing, see below: 1. Select 'Properties' from the Print dialog. Note: Properties may be indicated as Advanced, depending on the application software. 2. Click the Page Setup tab. 3. In the Printing Type section, select 'Normal-size Printing', 'Fit-to-Page Printing', 'Scaled Printing', or 'Page Layout Printing'. 4. Select 'Duplex Printing'. Note: When a media type other than Plain Paper, Photo Paper Plus Double Sided, or Postcard is selected in the Media Type menu, duplex printing cannot be performed. 5. Specify Staple Side. 1. The printer analyzes the Orientation and Page Layout settings, and automatically selects the best staple position. 2. Click the Staple Side drop-down arrow and select the setting. If you want to change the setting, select another value from the list. 3. If necessary, click Specify Margin... and set the Margin width 6. When the setting is completed, click the OK button at the bottom of the window. Note: If a media type other than Photo Paper Plus Double Sided is selected for Media Type on the Main tab: The document will be printed on one side of a sheet of paper when printing starts. When printing is complete, reload paper according to the displayed message and then click OK. The document will be printed on the opposite side. If Photo Paper Plus Double Sided is selected for Media Type on the Main tab: The document will be printed front and back alternately for one sheet at a time, when printing starts. Load the paper according to the displayed messages. 7. You will be prompted, while printing, to remove the printed page and reload it in the ASF. 8. Dependent on the number of pages to print, you will need to repeat step 7 until all pages have printed. Back to Top