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Re: Epson WP-4530 yellow ink leak
« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2014, 09:27:09 am »
Because a real diaphragm (or piston with gasket seal) and retainer would be too expensive...

There are conversions around to replace the waste ink pad with an external bottle; you can't get around the waste however as the cleaning process involves sucking ink through the nozzles to unclog them.
 

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Re: Epson WP-4530 yellow ink leak
« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2014, 09:35:07 am »
I think the existing scheme could have been made a lot more durable, and not much more expensive, if there was more plastic for the membrane to be glued down to. The rim of each reservoir is very thin.

I put quite a lot of Araldite around the circumferences of the other membranes, so that should help seal them up.
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Re: Epson WP-4530 yellow ink leak
« Reply #27 on: February 22, 2014, 09:36:54 am »
I read that the Epson printers count characters and after a fixed number tell you the ink is empty,This applies to all characters so if you print nothing but full stops when you achieve the magic number of x thousands the machine stops due to no ink despite the cartridges beefing virtually full still. Reset the chip and you can start printing again, I have never tried printing all full stops but have reset a cartridge and been able to print another 50 plus pages.
 

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Re: Epson WP-4530 yellow ink leak
« Reply #28 on: February 22, 2014, 09:52:17 am »
I don't know what the specifics of this model printer are, but from now on whenever I print I will just make sure that the color option is set to either B&W or grey scale. Hopefully then it will not decrement any counters for the color inks. I'll just have to see how it goes.
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Re: Epson WP-4530 yellow ink leak
« Reply #29 on: February 22, 2014, 11:41:56 am »
Yellow will still be used as it is the colour used for the secret stenographic serial number printed on each page. At least now you have a stealth printer.
 


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