Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

That's probably a piece of foam that's supposed to pick up excess ink 
(and collect the ink as you clean the heads).

May need to be replaced - as I understand it - all Epson printers have 
this "feature" - and on some of the large ones it necessitates a visit 
by a service man - some newer large format ones have a "drawer" you can 
replace.

You may be able to replace this yourself..

Best,

Christer


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On Sep 12, 2004, at 10:32 AM, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>   From: "Peter Marquis-Kyle" <peter@...>
> Subject: 1160 problem
>
> One of my Epson 1160 printers, after sitting unused for a couple of 
> weeks, was
> not printing properly. This machine happens to be loaded with Epson 
> colour carts
> at the moment. To begin with, the nozzle check showed a lot of gaps in 
> all of
> CMY. With a few cleaning cycles it only got worse -- all colours 
> disappeared.
>
> When I moved the head away from the park position, in preparation for 
> a dose of
> Windex, I saw something amiss -- there was a strange piece of material 
> sticking
> up inside the machine, about where the colour heads would park.
>
> I removed this object with tweezers. It seems to be some kind of thin 
> foam
> material, thoroughly soaked with black ink. It's a bit less than 2 
> inches / 50mm
> long, and looks like it is die cut, perhaps part of a gasket or seal. 
> I have put
> a picture of it here:
> http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/temp/whatsit.jpg
>
> I'll take the printer to an Epson repairer as soon as I can. But in 
> the meantime
> I would like to know what this object is, and what kind of repair the 
> printer is
> likely to require.
>
> Any informed suggestions?
>
> Peter Marquis-Kyle
> www.marquis-kyle.com.au

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