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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
...
> Also, i notice the parking pad is full of ink/water each time. i have
> disabled the vacuum pump to prevent all ink running off, and
manually pull
> the pad dry with a syringe before printing. It is easy to prime or
clean a
> printhead without the pump, with the syringe. But i do not think the
ink
> should run down into the parking pad normally?
The park pad -should- always be moist, if it weren't then the heads
would tend to dry and clog.
If it is full, then there is something else wrong. Didn't you put a
bulk ink system on this? The tanks may be sitting too high, or filled
incorrectly. If not a bulk ink system, you may have either filled
incorrectly or haven't gotten 100% sealed on the ink fill holes.
Steve Greenfield