Recent content by hagar

Same thing happened to me, same printer model. I recovered the pad after opening cover, but I didn't had to open it to bare bones, the pad didn't fell too far. For a starter I would advise to remove the ink tanks and print head, then flip the printer overhead and gently roll and shake it. Some...

First thing to catch my attention, you see that the black ink tube is filled with ink, but the color ink tube is clear. I thought that the black ink waste tank was full, so I first disconnected the tube on the upper right corner of the picture. When I ran the purge (just switch the printer on or...

So this is how the story ends. I managed to cut a clean aperture without damaging anything, actually there was the colour waste ink tank absorber sponge below to take any damage from the cutting tool. The black ink waste tank is somewhere else, go figure. It took me several hours to find out...

This week end I tried to open my mp610 to get near the vacuum system, needless to say I stopped quite far from reaching it. Managed to get off all the "plastic" covering it, but as trigger describes it, the pump is probably the last piece you'll reach after dismantling everything. I don't have...

Same problem here, it happened after I touched the black pad with toilet paper to suck ink, I felt the area was too dirty. I know now that I found this thread, it was a ridiculous idea. I'm wondering, does the black pad need to be dry for the pump to work, or does it need to be "wet"? Tried to...