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From: clg@guardian.cs.psu.edu (Craig Lee Gruneberg)
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Subject: Re: Refilling DeskWriter ink cartridges--a failure.
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Date: 14 Sep 90 13:07:29 GMT
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In article <12366@arisia.Xerox.COM> ebert@arisia.UUCP (Robert Ebert) writes:
>In article <9009120508.AA04589@gnu.AI.MIT.EDU> dmwr@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On) writes:

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>Can anyone comment on the
>wiper station construction?  Even when my failed cartridge was leaking
>at (relatively) enormous volumes, nothing appeared to happen to the wiper
>station.  I suggest that it must be capable of handling large amouts of
>ink, since priming the cartridge is supposed to flush a lot of ink through
>the cartridge.  (Also, knowing the way HP builds things, I would suspect
>that you could pour an entire bottle through the wiper station and not
>damage it.)

Rumor has it the wiper station is constructed from waste off the
Pamper's assembly line ;-}.
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