> There's a fiber mattress, often bigger than a kitchen sponge, that
> receives the ink from "deep cleaning". It's in a semi-sealed compartment
> and the printer keeps track of how many times it pumps into this waste
> area.

 > ... I am still using one of them because it doesn't
> require chipped ink carts so I use inexpensive ink. Sooner or later I
> imagine it will make a colorful puddle on my desk.

I use Canon MP760 & some related printer only versions.
Photo quality is reasonable.

No chipping - and you can (or could) get continuous inking systems for them=
..

You can access and clean (wash out) the ink sink with very substantial
disassembly effort.
I've done this twice on two different models of printers and it was an
annoying process in each case.
If you don't mind the Heath Robinson approach and know where to look
you can often hack a suitably sized hole in the printer bottom and add
an emptiable reservoir.


                Russell
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