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"George" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:44:43 GMT, George wrote:
in a Ink-Jet printers ink tank dump called?

Stripped and cleaned the printer down but want to replace the waste mat
the
excess ink soaks into but don't know what its called.

cheers.

can you just soak the old ink out of it, rinse it a few times
then dry it out and replace it?

No that doesn't work,tried that years ago on an old olivetti,turns out
when you wash it and dry it out its loses its thickness and absorbancy.


Isn't it poor technology - You pay a fortune for a bit of felt impregnated
with ink - the cartridge - and when you clean the heads most of it ends up
as waste. Laser printers are getting cheaper. Anyone tried a £100 laser
yet?


The printer I have is still giving me good results...I thought I'd just give
it a cleaning service from stripping it down to reassembling..
If you want to talk about laser printers please start your own thread about
them.