Digital BW, The Print

On both my 1160 and 1270 there is almost no ink on the left hand pad 
at all, so I doubt that there would ever be enough to "drain".

On the parking pad on the right, it seems you can put an awful lot of 
ink in there from cleaning cycles etc... Maybe that is what he is 
referring to? The only thing I have ever done with that one is put 
windex in it for over night soaks (or with Piezo carts, week long 
soaks). Since I have switched to FS inks (only a week now), I have 
had no issues there....

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> The Epson certified repair technician that is servicing my 1160 had 
a
> potentially very interesting observation.
> 
> He noted that the 1160 might have problems with pigmented inks due 
to the
> design of the ink pad and waste drain on the left side of the 
carriage.  It
> is designed for dyes, which soak right through the pad and then 
drain down a
> tube to the main ink waste reservoir at the bottom of the printer.  
However,
> pigments do not soak through this pad.  The liquid carrier may, but 
the
> particles make a sludge on top of the pad and ultimately start to 
get
> re-deposited on the head -- causing clogs and other problems.
> 
> So, what this person did with my 1160 is simply remove the pad so 
that the
> ink would just flow straight down the tube.  The tech says that 
newer Epsons
> do not have the pad, which he claims is not needed.  He recommends 
that
> anyone using pigments on an 1160 take some tweezers and pull out 
the pad.
> 
> I guess I'll find out whether this pad is needed or not, since the 
tech did
> remove it from my 1160.  I'll let you know whether I find any 
differences.
> 
> Does anyone have any information about this pad and why it's there?
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com