Canon imageCLASS MF6500 Series User guide

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ENG
Basic Guide
Please read this guide before operating this equipment.
After you finish reading this guide, store it in a safe place for future reference.
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Basic Guide
Appendix
Series
Before Using the Machine
Document Handling
Print Media
Sending Faxes (MF6550/MF6560/
MF6580 Only)
Receiving Faxes (MF6550/MF6560/
MF6580 Only)
Copying
Printing
Scanning
PC Faxing (MF6550/MF6560/
MF6580 Only)
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Machine Settings
Remote UI (MF6580 Only)
Series
What Can I Do with This Machine?

i
Manuals for the Machine
●Machine Set-Up
●Software Installation Starter Guide
●Basic Features
●Maintenance
●Machine Settings
●Specifications
Basic Guide
(This Document)
●Advanced Features
●Network and Remote User Interface
●System Monitor
●Reports and Lists
Advanced Guide
●Scanning Features
Scanner Driver Guide
Indicates the manual is supplied in PDF format in the accompanying CD-ROM.
●To view the manuals in PDF format, Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader/Acrobat is required. If Adobe
Reader/Acrobat Reader/Acrobat is not installed on your system, please download it from the Adobe
Systems Incorporated website (http://www.adobe.com).
●Considerable effort has been made to make sure that the manuals for the machine are free of
inaccuracies and omissions. However, as we are constantly improving our products if you need an
exact specification, please contact Canon.
●The machine illustration on the cover may differ slightly from your machine.
CD-ROM
CD-ROM
CD-ROM

ii
What Can I Do with This Machine?
What Can I Do with This
Machine?
Fax Features (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only)
Specify a recipient with a single key
One-Touch Speed Dialing
→p. 4-7
Specify a recipient with a two-digit
code
Coded Speed Dialing
→p. 4-15
Specify multiple recipients with a
single key
Group Dialing
→p. 4-23
Look up a particular recipient
Address Book Dialing
→Advanced Guide
Redial when the line is busy
Automatic Redialing
→Advanced Guide
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iii
What Can I Do with This Machine?
Send a fax to multiple recipients
Broadcasting
→Advanced Guide
Send a fax at a specified time
Delayed Sending
→Advanced Guide
Receive faxes in memory without
printing out
Memory Reception
→Advanced Guide

iv
What Can I Do with This Machine?
Copy Features
Select a scan mode depending on
the type of image
Image Quality
→p. 6-3
Adjust the density level of scanned
images
Density
→p. 6-4
Enlarge or reduce copied images
Zoom Ratio
→p. 6-6
Sort copies by page order
Collate Copying
→Advanced Guide
Make two-sided copies
Two-Sided Copy
→Advanced Guide
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ABC
ABC
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v
What Can I Do with This Machine?
Copy two documents on one sheet
2 on 1 Combination
→Advanced Guide
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DEF
DEF
2
ABC
ABC
ABC
ABC
1
ABC
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vi
What Can I Do with This Machine?
Printer Feature
Scanner Feature
Print a document from a PC
Printing
→Online help
Specify detailed scanning options
to suit various images
Scanning
→Scanner Driver Guide
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ABC
ABC
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vii
What Can I Do with This Machine?
PC Fax Feature (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only)
Remote UI Feature (MF6580 Only)
Send a fax from a PC
PC Faxing
→Online help
Access and manage the machine
from a PC
Remote UI
→Advanced Guide

viii
What Can I Do with This Machine?
Contents
Manuals for the Machine.................................................................i
What Can I Do with This Machine? ...............................................ii
Fax Features (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only) .............. ii
Copy Features ................................................................ iv
Printer Feature................................................................ vi
Scanner Feature............................................................. vi
PC Fax Feature (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only) .........vii
Remote UI Feature (MF6580 Only) ................................vii
Contents ....................................................................................... viii
Preface..........................................................................................xiii
Important Safety Instructions .........................................xiii
Handling and Maintenance............................................xiii
Location .........................................................................xiv
Power Supply................................................................. xv
Customer Support (U.S.A).............................................xvi
Customer Support (Canada)..........................................xvi
How to Use This Guide...............................................................xvii
Symbols Used in This Manual ......................................xvii
Illustrations Used in This Manual.................................xviii
Legal Notices ............................................................................... xix
Copyright .......................................................................xix
Disclaimer ......................................................................xix
Legal Limitations on the Usage of Your Product and
the Use of Images.......................................................... xx
Trademarks....................................................................xxi
Users in the U.S.A.......................................................................xxii
Pre-Installation Requirements for Canon Facsimile
Equipment.....................................................................xxii
Connection of the Equipment ......................................xxiii
In Case of Equipment Malfunction...............................xxiii
Rights of the Telephone Company ..............................xxiii
FCC Notice ..................................................................xxiv