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Russ · 05-01-2017

I have a Pixma MP830 running on Windows XP. In the middle of a scan project, I suddenly got the error message, "Release the scanner lock switch and turn the power off and back on." The scanner lock switch was already in the unlock position, but I mov...

Russ · 03-24-2017

I have a Pixma MP830 and need to scan a large number of multi-page documents from the platen. The documents are not standard-sized paper and some are fragile, so I can't use the automatic document feeder. I would like to be able to scan each documen...

Russ · 04-04-2017

Hi, James, Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your instructions were exactly what I needed and you have saved me a great deal of work. I checked my User's Guide again to see if I had missed something, and it does talk about "Scanning Using the MP Na...

Russ · 01-14-2017

amenchaca11, You're a good detective. The only thing left to try to solve on my machine is faxing. The confirmation page that prints out after you send a fax prints out blank, of couirse. So you don't know for sure if your fax went through. Unfort...

Russ · 01-14-2017

amenchaca11, Wow, it works! I've been struggling with this for several years and you're the only person who has come up with a solution. I can't thank you enough. The test I ran was printing a document from the computer. To get it to work for maki...

Russ · 01-13-2017

Michael, Thanks for your reply. You probably didn't see an earlier post of mine in this thread where I said I had contacted Canon support and they said they no longer support my machine, the Pixma MP830. It's too bad because I really like the machi...

Russ · 01-13-2017

BeFree Tech, I'm glad to hear you can at least copy and get black to print, but my Pixma MP830 won't even do that. If I try to copy a black & white page, all I get is a blank page. If I try to copy a page that includes color, the colors print but t...

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