"mick" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:55:51 +0000, John wrote:

"George" wrote in message
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"pete" 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?


I've been using a Samsung ML-1210 for several years now. Only for
domestic purposes, not as an everyday business machine. It's proved to be
very good! One of my reasons for getting it is that I've had enough of
inkjets getting clogged and having to scrap cartridges (or even complete
machines!) because of it. Another reason is that Samsung machines are
well supported in linux. :-) It's replacement appears to be the ML-2010
and that's what I'll probably get when my current cartridge runs out -
it's about the same price as just replacing the cartridge.

I wouldn't recommend these machines for photos. They are very good for
text & line diagrams though.

Seconded. I too have an ML-1210. It's brilliant for text printing (although
only single sided).

I have a Canon Pixma iP6700D for photos, which quite recently replaced the
old Epson Stylus Photo 1200. That was becoming a right pain as it needed
repeated head cleanings every time I used it. The only feature I'll miss is
its A3 ability, although TBH I only ever used that about twice in the
several years I had it. Before dumping it I taught it a lesson by taking it
all to pieces. That waste ink pad in the base contained a remarkable
quantity of ink, and took up most of the base of the printer. Being an A3
the base was pretty big too.

Regards,
Simon.