topic Re: Pixma MG 5520 printer, new, getting gutter shadows and black frames when copying from a book in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Pixma MG 5520 printer, new, getting gutter shadows and black frames when copying from a book

catparr — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:07:48 GMT

Didn't happen the first few times I copied. The gutter shadows are on the opposite side of the book's binder on the copy. Shadows cause blurring and unable to read text on one side of copy? Still using the original ink cartridges.

Re: Pixma MG 5520 printer, new, getting gutter shadows and black frames when copying from a book

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:48:03 GMT

I believe you will find this is a function of how well you can be sure the book is flat and properly positioned.

Re: Pixma MG 5520 printer, new, getting gutter shadows and black frames when copying from a book

catparr — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:58:39 GMT

It doesn't seem to be a matter of how the book is positioned on the copier, it didn't happen for the first 4 copies I made with the book. There is advanced printer option to check for gutter shadows and black frames on copies but didn't seem to work

Re: Pixma MG 5520 printer, new, getting gutter shadows and black frames when copying from a book

Ramona — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:43:48 GMT

Hi catparr,

If the color of an original is dark, the machine cannot distinguish the document color from the shadow and this may cause slight cropping or a shadow. Are the pages that are not copying correctly the exact same pages that you didn't have difficulty with before, or are they darker?

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