26 Nov
2017
26 Nov
'17
6:15 a.m.
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Philip Pemberton
<classiccmp at philpem.me.uk> wrote:
On 26/11/17 06:17, Tony Duell wrote:
No I didn't - the print head package only contained the cartridge (in a
foil bag).
There was a little piece of card attached to the cartridge sealing tape,
but that's it. Hence why I asked about the blotters :)
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.
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.
-tony
Also -
does anyone know what the material on the printhead capping
station is, or if they're still available?
It looks like a cardboard or blotting paper pad with a plastic backing
card. This one is soaked in ink and looks like it could do with being
replaced. I assume it's to stop the cartridge from drying out?
In the Thinkjet (I have several and the service manual) it doesn't
cap the printhead. It's just something for the printhead to spray
onto when it is priming it.
You got a new strip in the pack with the new print head cartridge.