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PIXMA MP480 Support
FAQ and troubleshooting

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You can make enlarged or reduced copies of the original to fit the page size, borderless copies of photos, and copies of books without black margins around the image, besides standard copies.

Copying Documents

This section describes the basic operation to copy documents.

You need to prepare:

Originals to copy.

Paper for printing. See "Media Types You Can Use"

1. Prepare for copying.

(1) Turn on the power.

(2) Load paper.

See "Loading Paper".

Here we load A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Rear Tray.

(3) Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.

(4) Load an original on the Platen Glass.

Load the original with the side to copy facing down and align it with the alignment mark as shown below.

2. Start copying.

(1) Press the (Up) or (Down) button to specify the number of copies.

(2) Press the (Right) button.

The print settings screen appears.

(3) Confirm the copy type, magnification, page size, media type, etc., and press the OK button.

To change the settings, use the (Up) or (Down) button to select the item to change, and press the (Left) or (Right) button.

Caution

To automatically adjust the intensity according to the original, set Copy auto intensity to Enable under Device settings.

(4) Press the Color button for color copying, or the Black button for black & white copying.

The machine starts copying.

Remove the original on the Platen Glass after copying is completed.

Caution

Do not open the Document Cover or move the loaded original until the copying is completed.

Caution

To cancel copying, press the Stop button.

Setting Items

(1) Copy type

Select the copy type: Borderless copy, Frame erase, etc. See "Using Various Copy Functions".

(2) Magnification

You can select Fit to page to make the copy automatically enlarged or reduced to fit the selected page size. See "Using Various Copy Functions".

(3) Page size

Select the page size of the loaded paper: A4, 8.5" x 11" (LTR), etc.

(4) Media type

Select the media type of the loaded paper: Plain paper, Glossy, etc.

(5) Print quality

Adjust the print quality according to the original to copy: Print quality (quality-priority), Print quality (standard), or Print quality (speed-priority). The available print quality depends on the paper selected in Media type.

Caution

Settings such as the page size, media type, and print quality are retained, and these settings will appear next time the copy mode is selected even if the power is turned off and on.
Some items cannot be specified in combination depending on the function.
You can specify the amount of extension in Extension amount under Device settings, when Borderless copy is selected for the copy type.
You can set the print quality to Print quality (speed-quality) only when plain paper is selected for the media type.
If you select Print quality (speed-quality) with the media type set to Plain paper and the quality is not as good as expected, select Print quality (standard) or Print quality (quality-priority) and then try copying again.
When you make black & white copies by pressing the Black button, select Print quality (quality-priority) for the print quality to render tones in range of gray (grayscale copy).
You can specify auto intensity. This function automatically adjusts the intensity of the original on the Platen Glass.

Using Various Copy Functions

You can make the following copies if you specify the copy type or magnification on the settings screen in the copy mode.

Borderless copy

Frame erase

Fit-to-page copy

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