How do I change ink felt in printer?

The ink absorber in the MP160 is located in the rear righthand corner in the base of the printer. It is a thick felt pad which gradually gets saturated with ink which is sucked from the cartridges each time you hear the whirring noise before printing. I dismantled my printer once and washed and dried the pad before putting it all back together again. If you ignore the "waste ink adsorber full" warning for too long there is a risk excess ink will leak from the base of the printer. Dismantling the printer to get at the absorber pad is a major exercise. Some newspaper placed under the printer will buy you some time and stop damage to your desktop.

Hi,

Canon printers are well known for this as it could be caused by the ink tank being full. Check the manual.
The ink tank is a thick pad of felt in the bottom of the printer and every time you clean the cartridges a small amount of ink is squirted in to the tank. It soon gets full.
Have a look at http://canonhelp.freehttp.com/

I have stripped my BJC 1000 printer down, washed out and dried the felt pad, replaced it, re-set the electrics as described on the above site and all is well now.
You may need help stripping the printer down as it may be held together by only two or three screws and plastic spring clips.
A firm could charge you £40 plus carriage for the repair but it can be done at home if you take your time and get some mechanical help.

Best of luck.

SOME THEORY
The printer has a waste ink pad, which basicallyis a plastic container with felt in it. When the printer cleansthe heads, either as commanded by you, or initially before printing,it spits out some ink into this pad. The printer remembers anapproximate count of ink that has gone into the pad in a "protectioncounter", and signals when the counter reaches a predefined limit.

Ofcourse, this pad has a limited capacity. Theoretically, you should takeyour printer to a service workshop for waste pad replacement andresetting of the counter - the printer is designed not to let the wasteink overflow and leak under the printer.
Of course the limit is setwith a safety margin, for a worst-case scenario, when you "pour" inkconstantly and it has no time to dry.

SOLUTION
If you wantto be completely inline with manufacturer's specifications, andespecially if the printer is still under warranty, you should contactEPSON service to do the right thing.

If however you want to liveon the edge,you can download a special utility to reset theprotection counter, replacing the felt or cleaning it yourself, or - ifyou are even more adventurous - without replacing the pad altogether,counting on the fact, that the waste ink dries out all the time and inpractice the pad should accept twice as much as the producer assumed -but don't place your printer on that antique table or sofa afterwards...
If you want to give it a try, go to this webpage to download the software (TIP: DON'T be tempted to change any other settings, as you may render your printer useless):
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
Good luck!

EPSON rulez, don't make any judgements before you read this :)

SOME THEORY
The printer has a waste ink pad, which basically isaplastic container with felt in it. When the printer cleans theheads,either as commanded by you, or initially before printing, itspits outsome ink into this pad. The printer remembers an approximatecount ofink that has gone into the pad in a "protection counter", andsignalswhen the counter reaches a predefined limit.

Of course,this padhas a limited capacity. Theoretically, you should take yourprinter toa service workshop for waste pad replacement and resetting ofthecounter - the printer is designed not to let the waste ink overflowandleak under the printer.
Of course the limit is set with asafetymargin, for a worst-case scenario, when you "pour" ink constantlyandit has no time to dry.

SOLUTION
If you want tobecompletely inline with manufacturer's specifications, and especiallyifthe printer is still under warranty, you should contact EPSONserviceto do the right thing.

If however you want to live on theedge,you can download a special utility to reset the protectioncounter,replacing the felt or cleaning it yourself, or - if you areeven moreadventurous - without replacing the pad altogether, countingon thefact, that the waste ink dries out all the time and in practicethe padshould accept twice as much as the producer assumed - but don'tplaceyour printer on that antique table or sofa afterwards...
If you want to give it a try, go to this webpage to download the software (TIP: DON'T be tempted to change any other settings, as you may render your printer useless):
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

SOME THEORY

The printer has a waste ink pad, which basically is a plastic container with felt in it. When the printer cleans the heads, either as commanded by you, or initially before printing, it spits out some ink into this pad. The printer remembers an approximate count of ink that has gone into the pad in a "protection counter", and signals when the counter reaches a predefined limit.

Of course, this pad has a limited capacity. Theoretically, you should take your printer to a service workshop for waste pad replacement and resetting of the counter - the printer is designed not to let the waste ink overflow and leak under the printer.
Of course the limit is set with a safety margin, for a worst-case scenario, when you "pour" ink constantly and it has no time to dry.

SOLUTION

If you want to be completely inline with manufacturer's specifications, and especially if the printer is still under warranty, you should contact EPSON service to do the right thing.

If however you want to live on the edge, you can download a special utility to reset the protection counter, replacing the felt or cleaning it yourself, or - if you are even more adventurous - without replacing the pad altogether, counting on the fact, that the waste ink dries out all the time and in practice the pad should accept twice as much as the producer assumed - but don't place your printer on that antique table or sofa afterwards...
If you want to give it a try, go to this webpage to download the software (TIP: DON'T be tempted to change any other settings, as you may render your printer useless):
http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/epsonSSC.html

SOME THEORY

The printer has a waste ink pad, which basically is a plastic container with felt in it. When the printer cleans the heads, either as commanded by you, or initially before printing, it spits out some ink into this pad. The printer remembers an approximate count of ink that has gone into the pad in a "protection counter", and signals when the counter reaches a predefined limit.

Of course, this pad has a limited capacity. Theoretically, you should take your printer to a service workshop for waste pad replacement and resetting of the counter - the printer is designed not to let the waste ink overflow and leak under the printer.
Of course the limit is set with a safety margin, for a worst-case scenario, when you "pour" ink constantly and it has no time to dry.

SOLUTION

If you want to be completely inline with manufacturer's specifications, and especially if the printer is still under warranty, you should contact EPSON service to do the right thing.

If however you want to live on the edge, you can download a special utility to reset the protection counter, replacing the felt or cleaning it yourself, or - if you are even more adventurous - without replacing the pad altogether, counting on the fact, that the waste ink dries out all the time and in practice the pad should accept twice as much as the producer assumed - but don't place your printer on that antique table or sofa afterwards...
If you want to give it a try, go to this webpage to download the software (TIP: DON'T be tempted to change any other settings, as you may render your printer useless):
http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/epsonSSC.html

1) Underneath the print head are 2 foam pads. Turn your printer on with the cover open and then unplug it with the print head away from the pads.

2) The 2 pads have 2 silicone tubes attached to them that run to the rear right side of the printer.
Taking the sides off you can unsnap plastic clips to remove the top half of the printer cover.

3) Follow the silicone tubes. They run into a white plastic pump that sucks the ink that falls onto the pickup screens and dumps it onto numerous felt absorber strips under the pump mechanism.

4) To clean or change the absorber felts you must first remove the Pump mechanism which is held on by 2 screws so that you have access to the felt absorber pieces

5) Run clean water over each piece of felt until the water runs clear and then place them on an absorbant surface (paper towels maybe) to dry.

6) Put it all back together the same way you took it apart.

This can be extremely messy, be careful not to get the ink on anything that matters.

Hi...

so bye bye waste pad... can't find any replacements but this is my recommendation for you a waste tank... It's what I did on my 2 Epson Printers... Click the link to get the idea...
waste tank

Or you can use some tissue papers to replace what was thrown away.

Happy Fixya...

Take the ink-cartridge out, shake it only very lightly and put it back in the printer. Turn it on and go to the options section and run the printhead cleaner option and alignment, this might make it work properly. Good Luck

Hi,

if u look at the back of the unit there is a back door which u can take out .
or u can open the front access door [ from where u insert the cartridge ] , in case u r not able to clean it from there .

u might need to get the unit serviced ,for that either contact HP customer care at 1800 474 6836 or on-site Repair Center at 800-633-3600.

Thanks