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[Digital BW] Re: Was: R2400, NOW: waste pad replacement and warning.

2010-01-22 by steve

I placed an external waste ink bottle and it works fine. You'll be amazed how much ink Epson dumps on each cleaning cycle. Watching 10-15cc pump out is painful and expensive.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wlh_1" <will@...> wrote:
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> FYI Ink Republic sells an ink pad replacement kit for several printers which involves some tubing and a bottle and instructions to install it. Basically it re-routes the waste ink to an external bottle which can be emptied from time to time. The mod is simple and I install it as a matter of course in new printers.
> 
> Then all that has to be done when the printer says that the ink pads need to be replaced is to re-set the waste ink counter either by the actual maintenance program for the printer or various 3rd party apps. or even on the Epson website.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <paul.roark@> wrote:
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> > 
> > > Anyone know if the waste pads eventually overflow and spill?  ...
> > 
> > Yes, it happened to me.  I'd guess at 1.5 x the Epson warning if the printer is carried and tipped too much -- like mine was.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
>

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