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Re: Epson 1430 troubleshooting -- bubbles / foam / froth from the capping station

2016-02-23 by rdeloe1@...

I'm not familiar with the IJM bottles. Perhaps they found a way to manage the pressure and control backflow without a check valve. I confess I built my own... The ink moved freely from the printer's waste line into mine, and then into the bottle. It always moved freely the other way (causing the bubbles!) While I'm waiting for a proper system to arrive in the mail, I disconnected mine and plugged the printer's waste ink line back into the original connection. Problem solved -- no more bubbles.

The take-away here is buy a waste ink system from someone reliable (unless you know what you're doing)!

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