Workshop: Change Waste-Ink-Tank Canon Pixma iP4000: What´s a waste ink collector good for?
Hinweis: Für mindestens einen in diesem Artikel erwähnten Drucker ist der ausführliche Testbericht "Allrounder mit guter Ausstattung" sowie "Vielseitiger Fotodrucker" sowie "Canons größter" sowie "Konkurrenz für Sechsfarbdrucker" sowie "Neuer Stern am Druckerhimmel" verfügbar.
Ink-printers made by Canon or Epson have a waste ink collector in the printer´s bottom. It consists of one or several sponges, which cover almost all of the printer´s bottom surface.
Manufactures give these sponges many different names, like waste ink tank or waste ink container, and you would expect rather a receptacle than a sponge. We use either waste ink or waste ink collector, and a better name for "sponge" is ink absorber.
Whenever the printer starts a cleaning cycle, whether automatically or initiated by the user, ink will be sucked through the printing-head´s nozzles. The ink used in this process runs via the cleaning system´s hoses right into the ink absorber at the printer's bottom.
