Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> Some printer manuals do say that when you first set up an inkjet, it
> is "charged" with ink and that is why the cartridges supplied with the
> printerseem to last a lot less than new cartridges you install if you 
> have to soak up this sponge the first time!

Actually if that sponge is full it needs to be replaced and usually
marks the end of a printer's life. Canon printers used to estimate the
"sponge level" and refused to do anything at all if it thought it was
full (which was often not the case and was a minor scandal back then).

Marcel

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