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More info?)
This information is not exactly accurate.
Yes, all Epson printers could the number and type of cleaning session
done and at a certain point, depending upon the model and size of the
waste ink pads, the printer will stop and ask you to do a service call
to get those waste ink pads replaced, so the ink will not start dripping
onto your nice desk or other furniture and carpet.
Those pads are usually under the printer mechanism and not visible, and
it takes quite a lot of printing and cleaning to get that number to come
up, for most people 2 years or longer.
There are also several other areas where ink may end up. The cleaning
station to the right, where the head parks when it is done, also has a
small sponge in some models and the ink is pulled below that station
through some tubes and ends up in the same waste ink pad.
Some Epson printers also have another small funnel on the left side
where a very small amount of ink is expressed from the head to make sure
it is clear during printing, that area also usually drained into the
waste ink pads, but with pigment colorant inks, sometimes that area will
block up causing a small puddle of ink that should me sopped up.
Lastly, Epson printers which do borderless printing overspray or
overshoot the edge of the print, so that you don't end up with any white
line there. This ink ends up on a thin black foam that is under the
heads and glued onto the platform the head rides over. If there seems
to be too much press the area clean with a mild detergent until the
paper towel looks clean from ink, allow the area to dry before printing
more through the printer.
Art
Pink & Perky sing Meatloaf wrote:
> "John H." <jhensleys@att.net> wrote in message
> news:kHRJd.27899$8u5.1569@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
>>I bought a R200 about a month ago and i like the way it prints.But I have a
>>question.The sponge like stuff in it is getting wet with ink on the far
>>left side of the printer.I guess that is where it cleans the cartriges.Does
>>that sponge have to be changed ever so often.I looked at the user's manual
>>but it does not say anything about it.
>>j.h.
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> After a pre-determined number of cleaning sessions the printer will suddenly
> decide that the sponge needs changing - an expensive service job that will
> cost almost as much as the printer - and will refuse to work until the
> sponge is renewed and the 'droplet counter' reset.
>
> However, the SSC free Epson printer utility (widely available on the web)
> will allow you to 'reset' the 'droplet counter' at the click of a mouse -
> and, voila!, off goes the printer again.
>
> I've had to use it on a C60 that we use for drafts - and it's extremely
> effective. I suppose that eventually the sponge *will* come to the end of
> its life - but it sure ain't worn out when the Epson printer says it is!
>
> The SSC utility can also be used to reset Epson cartridges when the machine
> declares them to be 'empty'. They almost always have another 10% of ink
> left (but, in order to protect the print head, don't run them until the are
> completely exhausted)
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