HELP!! We can't figure out how to make the scanner scan proper? everything prints unclear. Also how do i make it so things print in color? it all prints black and white right now.

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Here's how to stop the unwanted print out of test pages.

1. Let the printer print the test page.
2. Place the printed test page in the scanner face down and wait for 10 seconds.
3. Press the scan button of the printer to scan the printed test page.
Make sure that the printer scanned the document properly.

That's it. Every time you install a new cartridge, the printer aligns the print cartridge as well as testing/aligning the scanner.

Note: Try to look at the top of the test page, it should have instructions to place it in the scanner.

I hope that this will help.
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Jas247

I am unclear on your problem but in general..you use the scanning software that came with the scanner scan the document and save the scanned file to your computer as a pdf file for documents or tiff or jpg for photos, (you set the type of file you want to save with the software options)
To print afterwards open the pdf with acrobat and print it
Did that answer your question?.

Do give the ink some time to come through, gravity will do the rest.

You could clean the ink heads to get the ink to come through quicker.

When printing the document, go through the settings and see if you see anything to do with the darkness of the print.

damnor01

I know your problem and i want to know that have you changed or refill your cartridge?.

if yes
place one plain paper in the tray.
it will print the test paper
print it and place it on the scanner with the printed side down.
press the scan button from the printer
printer will blink the light for some time and stop blinking
now it didn't print test print every time you print

thanks

think yourself lucky mine only prints black and misses spots.. I say chuck it and all kodak products.

maybe u should check the printing setting/preferences, maybe it is set to general or normal... im not that familiar with the canon scanner.. i have an hp printer which is a scanner too, when i print pictures direct or from pc, i always check the settings before printing like setting to best resolution, setting to photo printing etc...

I also have a newly purchased MP 190 that prints but will not scan at all have also tried reinstalling software.

anyone help me?? :(

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» The Wrong Colors Print » Color Image Prints in Black and White » Missing, Faded, or Dull Colors » Colors Bleeding into Each Other » Scans are Fuzzy or Unclear » Color or Brightness Level of Scanned Image is Not Correct » Scanned Text is Different from the Original » Scanning Software Will Not Scan Multiple Pages
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it's tricky / annoying:

you have a preview ...
you have some of the (3) images checked
but also you have some of these images selected (blue outline)

now:
when you select (I don't mean the checking) an image you'll have to set the scanning params
again - or check them ...

if you select an image, and then set the params (like "color"), your scanned image will be in color

....
also resolution is the same way ..
especially after crating preview .. it'll be set to 300 Dpi
so after seecting one for scanning - check the resolution too :)

jepe

1. does scanning from the pc looks good ?
2. printing photos from the pc looks good ?
3. does standalone copy (placing image on the scanner bed then pressing the COPY button on the printer) looks good ?