How to use a scanner that’s connected to my fax and copier?
Question by Change: How to use a scanner that’s connected to my fax and copier?
i’m from the old school and all this new stuff today confused me.i have a Brother fax,printer copier and a scanner.i don’t know how to use the scanner plus i don’t know what’s it for.and before you tell me to read the manual i accidentally dispose it. please help. thanks!
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Answer by sonhoodoo
A scanner is used like a copier except it creates a digital copy of the document or image so you can use it in your computer. For example, you lost your resume and only have a hard copy. You can scan your resume into your computer, use an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program (all scanners have some form of this software) and now you have a document you can edit in your computer with Word. People also use it store copies of their printed photos. It can be used many ways to get your real world stuff into the digital world.
To use it is pretty simple, but it is best to use the manual. As you can’t find yours, go to the site of the printer/copier/scanner maker (HP, Epson, Canon) and go to their support pages. Enter the model of your device and you will be able to get a soft copy of your manual. You can also get the software that will allow your computer to “talk” to your device which I think you may already have if you are printing.
Hope this helps.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Connected, Copier, Scanner, that's
Q&A: What is an electrostatic copy machine and how does it function?
Question by Red: What is an electrostatic copy machine and how does it function?
What are its capabilities? Where are likely places one might be of use and what is the cost of purchasing one.
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Answer by hanif.azrai
1. Charging: The surface of a cylindrical drum is given an electrostatic charge by either a high voltage wire called a corona wire or a charge roller. The drum is coated with a photoconductive material, such as selenium. A photoconductor is a semiconductor that becomes conductive when exposed to light.
2. Exposure: A bright lamp illuminates the original document, and the white areas of the original document reflect the light onto the surface of the photoconductive drum. The areas of the drum that are exposed to light (those areas that correspond to white areas of the original document) become conductive and therefore discharge to ground. The area of the drum not exposed to light (those areas that correspond to black portions of the original document) remain negatively charged. The result is a latent electrical image on the surface of the drum.
3. Developing: The toner is positively charged. When it is applied to the drum to develop the image, it is attracted and sticks to the areas that are negativly charged (black areas), just as paper sticks to a toy balloon with a static charge.
4. Transfer: The resulting toner image on the surface of the drum is transferred from the drum onto a piece of paper with a higher negative charge than the drum.
5. Fusing: The toner is melted and bonded to the paper by high-heat and high-pressure rollers.
6. Cleaning: The drum is wiped clean with a rubber blade and completely discharged by light before beginning the process again.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Copy, electrostatic, Function, Machine
Q&A: need help with a copy machine?
Question by gameproer: need help with a copy machine?
ok my neighbor just gave me a copy machine i have never used one before my problem is that ever time i plug it up a Little wrench lights up and the screen says call for help i could use any info on what to do because i have not got a clue also it did not do it when i first plugged it up after it started to warm up the wrench came on please help
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Answer by conehead
It sounds like it needs service. You might consider reposting with the specific make and model. Hard to troubleshoot without knowing what it is.
You might consider going to the manufacturer’s website and looking up the manual for your copier.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Copy, help, Machine, need
Why is my copy machine printing off-set?
Question by : Why is my copy machine printing off-set?
Basically the copy machine at my work place just happened to end up being one of my responsibilities, great! (sarcasm). It copies and receives faxes fine for tray 2 (8.5″x11″) as well as the bypass tray (11″x17″). However tray two is yellow paper which we use for something else. Tray 1 which is used to receive our faxes and make copies (8.5″x11″) is printing out our faxes with the top left corner about 2 inches down and over to the right. So the left margin and top margin have about 2 inches or so of blank white space and the right side and bottom of our copies and faxes are cut off by about 2 inches as well. The settings on both Tray 1 and Tray 2 are exactly the same….I triple checked, even screwed up Tray 2’s settings and changed them back and it still works fine. Tray 1 however will not print out correctly not matter what setting it is set to (there are a lot of options in different menus and I have tried as many combinations as I can) This started when a co-worker was messing with it, and of course she has no clue what she changed. I restarted the machine, I read all 5 manuals front to back, I tried every setting I could find and have about 250 screwed up copies to prove it.
Ricoh Aficio 2018D…help!!!!
Don was correct about the guides in the physical tray. The paper in both trays were placed exactly the same however when tray 2 was put into tray 1’s slot everything print correctly. I changed tray 1 around and nothing really worked, paper jammed, I fit it in sideways in landscape position and now it prints everything to scale on landscape…better than nothing I guess. Thanks…! :X
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Answer by Don
First, try to eliminate the paper tray itself. Swap tray 2 for tray 1. Pull the tray out and lift it up slightly while pulling. While the trays are out of the machine, look into the machine to see if there is any paper stuck back behind the trays.
Compare the side and rear paper guides of the trays. Do they line up the same when set to the same paper size? (Sometimes the gears of the side or rear guides can skip a tooth, and the machine will not sense the paper size correctly).
If you slide tray 2 into the tray 1 position, and your faxes come out correctly, there is something wrong with the tray 1 paper tray itself.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Copy, Machine, offset, Printing
Wireless access point: can I use it to connect a network printer/fax/copier to my wifi router?
Question by Steven S: Wireless access point: can I use it to connect a network printer/fax/copier to my wifi router?
I have a network multifunction device (printer, fax, copier) in one room, and my cable modem/wireless router in the another. If I buy a wireless access point and connect it to the multifunction device, will I be able to use the multifunction device on the network? Or is there a better way to do this, without running cables between the rooms (not possible)?
Thanks for your help.
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Answer by Adrian
Get a wireless client box. There are others like it. make sure it is a “bridge” or “wireless client” device.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: access, connect, Network, point, printer/fax/copier, router, wifi, Wireless
Is scanning with a wireless all-in-one slower than with a direct USB connection?
Question by trash1ey: Is scanning with a wireless all-in-one slower than with a direct USB connection?
I bought an hp all-in-one (printer/scanner/fac/copier) and use the ADF to scan a stack of images at a time. I’m scanning at 600dpi and it seems quite slow. I use to use my traditional flatbed scanner, which connected with USB and it seems faster…
So is wireless scanning (where it sends the scans to your pc through the air) slower than if it is connected with the supplied USB cable?
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Answer by Ben
The wireless scanner uses 802.11G, which is capable of a maximum of 54Mbps (about 7 Megabytes per second). With wireless, you’ll never quite get that so figure you can get 5 Megabytes per second. A USB 2.0 connection is 486 Mbps, or about 60 Megabytes per second. So yes, USB is much faster.
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Is it possible to connect a standalone copier to the computer so that it could be used as a scanner?
Question by tom t: Is it possible to connect a standalone copier to the computer so that it could be used as a scanner?
What connecting wires might be needed?
Shouldn’t modern copiers have the ability to scan since it can store images in its memory so it is just a matter of finding a way to access the memory.
The particular copier that i am interested in is Canon GP405.
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Answer by Peter_AZ
Technically, I’m sure it’s possible if the copier has some sort of output port. If there is no such port, (which may be likely), you’re out of luck.
If there is a port, you’d still need some sort of software on the computer to control the scanner in the copier, or at least to receive and interpret the bitstream as it comes in.
Considering that you can buy a scanner for well under $ 100 (including cables and software), I don’t think it would be cost-efficient to do it yourself.
The only other suggestion might be to search the copier’s website and see if they make such an option available.
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How can I dispose of an old copy machine?
Question by Fivens: How can I dispose of an old copy machine?
I have an old Xerox copy machine that is stuck on a ‘J2’ error. We’d like to donate it to someone/company who can fix it and get use out of it. Does anyone know of a place that can do that?
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Answer by 2Girlsmom
Look on Craig’s List. There’s always people on there that will take your old stuff and recycle it or fix it and donate it to small businesses.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Copy, dispose, Machine
In an all in one printer, copier, scanner, does the printer uses the same amount of ink as the copier?
Question by : In an all in one printer, copier, scanner, does the printer uses the same amount of ink as the copier?
basically i want to know if the copier uses less ink, or its the same or printing
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Answer by lestermount
If the material requires the same amount of ink, then yes. If you are printing and copying the same page then the ink usage is the same.
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Categories: Used Copier Questions Tags: Copier, printer, Scanner
Why are heated rollers used in photocopy machines?
Question by Sez1o1: Why are heated rollers used in photocopy machines?
In relation with static electricity, why are heated rollers used in photo copy machines?
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Answer by Daniel
Essentially, a copier “paints” the photoreceptor drum or belt with static electricity, creating a patch of positively charged images of letters surrounded by negatively charged areas that will remain white.
Once the image of the document has been statically “painted” on the drum or belt, the copying system covers the plate with a negatively-charged black powder called toner. Wherever the toner particles find positively-charged areas on the photoreceptor, they will stick like the pepper flakes on a statically-charged comb. The toner will not stick to the negatively-charged areas of the belt or drum, so those areas will remain white.
After the toner particles have settled into the positively-charged areas, a sheet of paper is introduced above the photoreceptor. A Corona wire passes over this paper to give it a positive charge. The toner particles are transferred to the charged paper and now resemble the image of the original document. The toner is still in the form of a loose powder, however, so the new copy is pressed through a set of heated rollers known as a fuser. The heat of the fuser melts the toner into the paper permanently.
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