- Joined
- Jun 16, 2006
- Messages
- 3,645
- Reaction score
- 85
- Points
- 233
- Location
- La Verne, California
- Printer Model
- Epson WP-4530
Well, I did it, option 2, that is. Once I realized that I would already be doing the hard part in swapping scanners on my new MP760 from my old one, I went ahead and also swapped the bases so I now have the purge tubing extended out the bottom of my MP760 and I can clean my print head and dump Windex on the purge pads to my heart's content.
And, by the way, I didn't cheat and install those extender tubes while the printer was apart, I did it from the bottom just like someone who was cutting a hole in the bottom of their printer without taking it apart. I will say that it would have been messy to have cut the hole in the bottom of a functioning printer because there was a small mound of thick ink deposited there. The purge pump deposits ink on the bottom of the printer where it does not have direct contact with the waste pad material until it forms a pool about an eighth of an inch deep and then it soaks up into the bottom pad.
I decided to glue the two tubes to the side of the hole and I put the printer up on 2x4's. I put a small glass bowl under the tubes. It is very easy to reach under the printer to retreave the bowl when it comes time to empty it. There was one unintended consequence of my retrofit and that is when the printer is up on two blocks on either side of the printer and you pull out the paper tray, it falls down onto the bowl before it gets all the way out because the guides don't go all the way to the front. To avoid this problem, I put another 2x4 under the front of the printer. This blocks the view of the bowl but it is easily visible when the paper tray is pulled out.
And, by the way, I didn't cheat and install those extender tubes while the printer was apart, I did it from the bottom just like someone who was cutting a hole in the bottom of their printer without taking it apart. I will say that it would have been messy to have cut the hole in the bottom of a functioning printer because there was a small mound of thick ink deposited there. The purge pump deposits ink on the bottom of the printer where it does not have direct contact with the waste pad material until it forms a pool about an eighth of an inch deep and then it soaks up into the bottom pad.
I decided to glue the two tubes to the side of the hole and I put the printer up on 2x4's. I put a small glass bowl under the tubes. It is very easy to reach under the printer to retreave the bowl when it comes time to empty it. There was one unintended consequence of my retrofit and that is when the printer is up on two blocks on either side of the printer and you pull out the paper tray, it falls down onto the bowl before it gets all the way out because the guides don't go all the way to the front. To avoid this problem, I put another 2x4 under the front of the printer. This blocks the view of the bowl but it is easily visible when the paper tray is pulled out.
