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Skewed or crooked paper uptake on Canon Pixma Mx300

With an upright rear paper tray, you can just watch, as the top right hand corner of the paper goes skewed/crooked when the machine grabs it. The paper will continue thru the machine skewed/crooked...giving me a print copy that is equally skewed/crooked. It was like this when it came out of the box new. I too have tried all fixes. Luckily, I dont yet have any paper jams; just a strong desire for straight paper to give me straight copies.

I believe this is a mfg defect with the pixma mx300. I am sure it wouldnt take much to fix or adjust this--- assuming somebody out there will let us know how.

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  • catsandkitte Jul 10, 2009

    The paper uptake roller is on the right side. However, there is NO ROLLER on the left side to help take the paper up.

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Sounds like the roller(s) on the left side is missing or is slick (or split). You should have returned it to the place of purchase when you discovered the problem.

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I just bought the MX330 from FactoryDirect.. A place that gets all products the mfr doesnt want to sell to end users due to defects in wither the quality or the function of the product.. ****, I thought I was getting a good deal when I bought this... no more factory direct for me..

  • Scott Carswell Jun 25, 2010

    Defect in product... I bought mine from Factory Direct.. which is known for being a purchaser of defective manufactured products that the manufacturer doesn't want to sell to high end or big box stores... I upgraded from the MX300 and thought I was getting a good deal.. a few weeks later it started skewing the paperfeed :o(
    Grr

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How can i get the paper jam messege out of the screen , there realy is no paper jam its just the messege when i turn on the printer thats the only thing i see on the srceen , is there some kind of reset i can do?

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I'm having the same problem and it started when it was new, except mine jams up so much it won't print at all. :(

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I have the same printer... it comes with just one roller. I've had it for almost 2 years, and it just started to grab the right side yesterday. Maybe it is inherent with the model, but not because it lacks 2 rollers.

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