On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Philip Pemberton <classic...@philpem.me.uk> wrote: > On 26/11/17 06:17, Tony Duell wrote: >>> Also - does anyone know what the material on the printhead capping >>> station is, or if they're still available? >>> It looks like a cardboard or blotting paper pad with a plastic backing >>> card. This one is soaked in ink and looks like it could do with being >>> replaced. I assume it's to stop the cartridge from drying out? >> >> In the Thinkjet (I have several and the service manual) it doesn't >> cap the printhead. It's just something for the printhead to spray >> onto when it is priming it. >> >> You got a new strip in the pack with the new print head cartridge. > > No I didn't - the print head package only contained the cartridge (in a > foil bag). > > There was a little piece of card attached to the cartridge sealing tape, > but that's it. Hence why I asked about the blotters :) > > I wonder if the 51604A cartridges still need them.
I can't remember the number of the cartridge I used, but it came in a little foil tub (a bit like the ones you get jam in at hotel breakfasts.). In the tub was the cartridge and the absorbing strip. I don't remember any sealing tape on the cartridge either. But since the 'squirt to prime the cartridge' is a printer function, and since these cartrdges are totally dumb (just the heating elements, no other electronics at all, no form of cartridge ID read out electrically) I would assme all cartridges would need the absorbing strip. -tony