Canon MP470, Printer feed grabs two or three sheets of paper or grabs only one and jams. Result = no print capability because of paper feed. I have been told that it would be cheaper to replace than fix. I, however, do not want one of the newer printers with five color cartridges. The black and tri-color cartridge arrangement has worked well for less money.

SOURCE: canon HL 5040 printer grabs multiple papers to print

try one sheet at a time that may work.

SOURCE: new cartridge won't print

re-seat the black cartidge, do head cleaning, get a windows test page (go to printers and faxes then right click on the printer icon and choose properties, click the print test page button).
replacing ink cart is the next step or service.

SOURCE: cannon MP210 printer

I tried this and it worked (thanks to a suggestion from someone else but can't find his name right now) --

I found a slender piece of cardboard, the front off one of my 1-subject notebooks. I cut the jagged edges off, made sure there wasn't any debris or loose crumbs of paper. Put about 20 sheets of paper into the printer and put this cardboard as the first sheet. Pressed the copy button. When it started to attempt to feed, I forced it through.

What did it find?? A moth had flown into the printer at some time, gotten smushed, smashed and stuck -- and was preventing the paper from feeding through! OMG, I almost tossed this Canon MP210 in the garbarge.

So thanks to you guys with ideas about cardboard and a little muscle. I ran another piece through just to clean out all the stickiness (and the remnants of the moth's body). Works fine now.

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SOURCE: Paper feeds crooked into the printer

Check the adjustments for the paper your using. Open the printer and look on the rollers you'll probably find paper or an obstruction clear it and also clean then rubber moving parts with isopropyl alcohol to give them their grip back.

SOURCE: I have a Canon MP470 that pulls 1/2 sheet paper and then jams

Paper feed roller
cleaning
When paper does not feed
properly.
To clean the paper feed
Machine button