Digital BW, The Print

Re:  Epson 2200, six months old, MIS translucent cartridges with sponges

Are there any online instructions for cleaning---and  
reassembling!!!---the ink pad or whatever it is under the printing  
heads in their parked position?

I was refilling my MIS cartridges when I noticed a lot of black ink  
in inappropriate places near the "parking pad".

I soaked a lot of it up with Kleenex and paper towels, but in  
pressing down on the pad I eventually managed to disassemble the thing.

It's *mildly* difficult to get the two springs back in place... but  
*very* difficult to do so with the drain (?) tube attached at the  
bottom.

Any suggestions or websites that will help?

BTW, I am doing this entirely from the open top of the printer. Is  
there a better way, short of a major strip-down?

And finally, *should* there be splotches of ink and even wet patches  
anywhere except the official ink pad? The rogue ink was not in the  
order of milliliters, but it *was* messy and out of place. The  
printer is only 6 months old, and none of the cartridges leak in any  
obvious way.  [And my printers look great, too, both colour and QTR  
monochrome.]


Myron Gochnauer
BA, MA, PhD, LLB, LLM, Keeper of the Dogs
goch@...