my MP830 is now at 55,000 pages. anyone ever change their waste pads twice on same printer ?

[PeterBJ]

As the printer is old, I think an absorber kit will be hard to find. The parts number for an absorber kit for the MP610 is QY5-0181-000. You could try googling this parts number or just QY5-0181.

Here is one from Ebay.

 

[jimbo123]

grandad35, good find, nearly 10 years old and still relevant

hceuterpe, i see peterbj found you a few on ebay. pads for older printers are getting hard to find, i paid $15 each for 2 sets like 5+ years ago

i still have one set of new MP830 pads and luckily a new MP830 as a spare.

of course if i didn't have a spare MP830, my current MP830 would have died years ago......

J

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• Active Printers: MP830, MP980, PRO-100
• Stored Printers: IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP830
• Method: German Durchstich Method
• Ink: Hobbicolors and OCP
• Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[CakeHole]

Where do you guys find the waste pads? I've yet to find any for sale for my MP610...

Depends where you live. Canon direct is normally the most likely place, http://www.crc-tasktron.co.uk/ if you are in the UK is a good source for printheads and the odd and only odd waste ink pad.