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From: Tony on 20 May 2005 07:34 Herb The reality is that inkjet printers that are allowed to accumulate ink in the waste ink collectors will eventually overflow. This will in turn result in a big mess. I have seen this many times. The manufacturers of the printers put the protection counters in place for good reason. If you don't believe this then I suggest that you do not worry about your printer; everything will be fine..........until you have to clean up the mess. Your call! Tony "H.Henkler" <1122-217(a)online.de> wrote: > > >Tony schrieb: > >> All inkjets produce waste ink (in the same way laser printers produce waste >> toner). This ink has to be stored somewhere other than in the printer >>mechanism >> or on the paper. Different manufacturers handle this in different ways. Canon >> and Epson use a similar system of storing the waste ink in a felt like pad, >> often covering large areas of the printer base. The built in electronics >> estimate when the pad is nearing saturation and this results in the >>deliberate >> error message. Unfortunately Epson has in the past made this message somewhat >> obscure. The replacement of the waste ink pad is a job for someone who is >> technically experienced (especially in less recent models) and therefore they >> do not readily make the reset code available, lest someone simply resets the >> printer and does not replace the pad potentially resulting in ink all over >>the >> place! The codes are however available from various sources on the internet; >> use with care, most Epson printers will survive one reset without replacing >>the >> pads but don't blame me if your printer floods your desk! Most HP inkjets >>have >> cartridges with built in heads, these also produce waste which is stored in a >> service station of various types, there is no count done by most HP's inkjets >> so when the service station fills up the printhead carriage starts to >> "bulldoze" the waste ink, spreading it in a fine spray over parts of the >> printer, in severe cases ink actually starts to ooze from the printer base! >>HP >> provides instructions on their website for emptying many of their printer >> service stations. I suggest that anybody who has an older HP inkjet printer >> checks out the website especially if the printer covers start to subtly >>change >> colour around the head parking area (quite a subtle and slow change). It is a >> big job to clean out any inkjet that has become badly contaminated with ink, >> prevention is cheaper than cure! >> Tony >> >> "Mike" <noot1967(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >Hi - I just had this statement emailed to me by somebody who ususally knows >> >about these things in a professional capacity: >> > >> >"Epsons are built to stop functioning when the internal counter reaches a >> >certain number, and you do need to be aware of this. Many people aren't.!!" >> > >> >I find this very hard to believe - is it true? I have owned Epsons for many >> >years and never had much trouble with them - but I have never kept one >> >single printer for very long because I keep upgrading, so I might not have >> >reached the "fatal" number of prints on one machine. >> > >> >Cheers >> > > >Donýt worry ! There wonýt be "ink all over ther place", because printer inks >are more or >less pure water with very small amounts of water-soluble dyes and other >additives. So >what happens to the ink absorbed by the felt is that the water will evaporate >within >hours leaving the felt as dry behind as before. Donýt care for the dye >residues !! >Herb Henkler > >
From: Jon O'Brien on 20 May 2005 08:25 In article <d6kgnk$shi$1(a)nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, photoman52003-shoot(a)yahoo.co.uk (Shooter) wrote: > I got mine with the manual at www.inkjetprinterhelp.us > Hope that helps. I'm sure it will when I manage to get the site to respond! At the moment, all I'm getting is a timeout. BTW, according to Google, there's no 'www' in the address. Many thanks, Jon.
From: Shooter on 20 May 2005 09:15 A little strange as I have just clicked on the address I gave you below and it came straight up. "Jon O'Brien" <Jon(a)NOonlySPAMbrowsingTHANX.com> wrote in message news:memo.20050520132535.500B(a)blue.compulink.co.uk... > In article <d6kgnk$shi$1(a)nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, > photoman52003-shoot(a)yahoo.co.uk (Shooter) wrote: > > > I got mine with the manual at www.inkjetprinterhelp.us > > Hope that helps. > > I'm sure it will when I manage to get the site to respond! At the moment, > all I'm getting is a timeout. > > BTW, according to Google, there's no 'www' in the address. > > Many thanks, > Jon.
From: Jon O'Brien on 20 May 2005 14:09 In article <d6knud$h9v$1(a)nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, photoman52003-shoot(a)yahoo.co.uk (Shooter) wrote: > A little strange as I have just clicked on the address I gave you below > and it came straight up. It came up for me too about half an hour later but then the 'Add to Cart' link gave me a 404. I'll get there eventually! Jon.
From: Shooter on 20 May 2005 17:51
Hi Jon, I have just tried Add To Cart and again no problem. Try http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/servicemanuals.html "Jon O'Brien" <Jon(a)NOonlySPAMbrowsingTHANX.com> wrote in message news:memo.20050520190932.500A(a)blue.compulink.co.uk... > In article <d6knud$h9v$1(a)nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, > photoman52003-shoot(a)yahoo.co.uk (Shooter) wrote: > > > A little strange as I have just clicked on the address I gave you below > > and it came straight up. > > It came up for me too about half an hour later but then the 'Add to Cart' > link gave me a 404. I'll get there eventually! > > Jon. |