30 Nov
2017
30 Nov
'17
11:33 a.m.
On 26/11/17 14:15, Tony Duell wrote:
Same with this cartridge.
I just found the blotter... stuck to one of the wheels on my chair.
It's now in the printer :)
I wonder if
the 51604A cartridges still need them.
I can't remember the number of the cartridge I used, but it came in
a little foil tub (a bit like the ones you get jam in at hotel
breakfasts.). In the tub was the cartridge and the absorbing strip. I don't remember any sealing tape on the cartridge
either.
It's a little blue strip of tape which seems to be there just to stop
the cartridge from leaking in transit.
But since the 'squirt to prime the cartridge'
is a printer function, and
since these cartrdges are totally dumb (just the heating elements, no
other electronics at all, no form of cartridge ID read out electrically) I
would assme all cartridges would need the absorbing strip.
I think I have the datasheet for the cartridge around here somewhere...
If not, I certainly have a copy of the "Inkjet Applications" book which
covered it.
One of these days I should pick up a cartridge carriage and have a play.
That said, I've got a Thinkjet cart with wires soldered on as a "who
knows if this'll work" experiment.
Thanks,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/