Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

I couldn't get your page to load, but know what you
are referring to.  Off to the right of the parking pad
is a slot where that foam piece sits.  It is attached
to a small nub and the long end reaches down into the
printer.  I was having terrible smudging on prints,
and found that saturated piece to be the culprit (it
became saturated and a bit bent - then began resting
on the bottom of the print head, coating it with ink).
 

I could only speculate as to its function, but when I
removed it the smudging and spotting on my prints
disappeared.  That was when I first had the machine
and made about 200 prints after without ill effect.  

I wonder about its purpose because when I had that
machine refurbished, a new foam piece was there.  I'll
keep it until it starts mucking up prints, then remove
it.  

Don

--- Peter Marquis-Kyle <peter@...>
wrote:

> 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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