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Has anyone tried replacing the 1160 waste ink pads?

Any ideas on where instructions might be found?

Thanks.

Paul 
http://www.PaulRoark.com

> Has anyone tried replacing the 1160 waste ink pads?
> 
> Any ideas on where instructions might be found?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Paul 

Paul--

I haven't acually done a replacement, but I took apart a 740 to get it 
working (I was mostly successful), and when I pulled what seemed 
to be all of the screw before things got really scary, I ended up 
pulling the guts of the printer off the waste pad. I would imagine that 
the 1160 is constructed in a similar way, so a little fiddling should get 
you easy access.

Matt

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Paul,

I purchased and disassembled a used 1160 and it was
quite loaded with waste ink.  If I recall, I removed
the two top screws on either side of the paper feed
and the lid comes right off.  To get to the waste pads
you have to take screws off the bottom - esentially
turning the printer into three parts.

The waste pads are a strange item and unless you have
a source for an epson replacement it would be
difficult to replicate the material they use.  As the
top of the waste pads (5 total?) was saturated with
ink, I just shuffled the pads until the most saturated
was the second to the bottom and the least was on the
top and reassembled the thing.

An option would be to feed the waste lines outside of
the printer into an waste ink collection jug.  Then
you could reset the master counter of the printer and
be on your way, dumping the waste ink whenever it
became full.

> > Has anyone tried replacing the 1160 waste ink
> pads?
> > 
> > Any ideas on where instructions might be found?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Paul 
>

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I purchased two sets of pads and a service manual a year or two ago from:

http://www.nationalparts.com/

I have not replaced them at this point.  (No need to.)  Others have reported
that they remove, wring out, and reinstall originals.  Not my style: the
solution below certainly sounds sensible.

Phil Morse

>
> The waste pads are a strange item and unless you have
> a source for an epson replacement it would be
> difficult to replicate the material they use.  As the
> top of the waste pads (5 total?) was saturated with
> ink, I just shuffled the pads until the most saturated
> was the second to the bottom and the least was on the
> top and reassembled the thing.
>

Paul:  

The Epson Repair Manuals for older printers up to the 1270 can be 
found on the Epson UK web site.

http://www.epson.co.uk/repair/

Jeff Randall

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> Has anyone tried replacing the 1160 waste ink pads?
> 
> Any ideas on where instructions might be found?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Paul 
> http://www.PaulRoark.com

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Phil Morse" <pmorse@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] OT - 1160 waste ink pads


> I purchased two sets of pads and a service manual a year or two
ago from:
>
> http://www.nationalparts.com/
>
> I have not replaced them at this point.  (No need to.)  Others
have reported
> that they remove, wring out, and reinstall originals.  Not my
style: the
> solution below certainly sounds sensible.
>
> Phil Morse

Ask your mother, girl friend or ex what is small and takes up a
lot of water based fluid. They usually have their favorite brand.
Colour doesn't matter. God I wish I knew the American term for
it.

Ernst

>The Epson Repair Manuals for older printers up to the 1270 can be
>found on the Epson UK web site.

>http://www.epson.co.uk/repair/

Thanks Jeff and others for the tips on how to change the 1160 waste ink
pads.  I'm happy to report that the machine is up and running again, stuffed
with the absorbent material found in "sanitary napkins."  The repair manual
was very useful in doing this task.  However, it's a messy task that I might
well have the Epson repair person do next time.

The lesson I learned from this is that when the printer lights go on and
require service -- do it.  I just re-set the printer, based on someone's
observation that these required services are not really needed nearly as
often an the printer calls for them.  When I moved the printer a couple of
months after the lights came on ink ran out of it.  This could have been a
real disaster if we had carpets or things that would be damaged by ink.

So, pay attention to those lights that tell you to get the printer serviced.
The pads get really saturated with ink and might make a real mess if not
changed soon.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

Paul, try

epson.co.uk/repair    or  findmanual.net

Simple but messy job, but with my 1200 I just rinsed them out and put them 
back in and reset the counter with the adjustment program from findmanual.  Cost 
of program nominal.  Service manuals are free at epson.co.uk.  New pads from 
nationalparts.com, but pretty pricey.

Tom Wells