geckophoto
New Member
So I'm cleaning up and refurbishing a machine I just got. Ordering a new spit sponge and also the little T sponge...I see LOT of ink under where it drains and thought it was leaking and not draining somewhere but then discovered it is a tray with an absorbing sponge that it all drains down into. I can't find any info on where to buy a new one or even if you ever have to change it, but I opened the drawer and took it out, thought maybe soak it in solvent and squeeze out years of ink and re-use it. THEN i remembered my epson 11880 had a maintenance tank in it with layers of the same type of material to absorb the ink, i recently changed one and had the old tank left. SO I opened it up and pulled it apart, cut the ends of the pads that were not soaked with ink and put it in sections back into my tray. I'm sure this will work fine, but is there a place that sells a new pad for this anyways? I know I can buy a new Epson 1880 maintence tank on ebay for like $23 and open it up and cut a single long section that is new, there are about 8 layers in the maintence tank, just pull them apart and they are the same thickness of the roland pad...
Just thought this may give someone some help on putting in a new waste absorbing/sponge in that long tray at a cheap price. I'll post a couple pic to show you what I did.
Just thought this may give someone some help on putting in a new waste absorbing/sponge in that long tray at a cheap price. I'll post a couple pic to show you what I did.
