Why do some inkjet printers have ink cartridges with sponges in them, while others just have a chamber for the ink? What purpose do the sponges serve?
2006-09-04 13:33:03 · 5 answers · asked by mrs.mooster 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Why does it need to absorb the ink? Why can't the ink just sit there?
2006-09-04 13:37:45 · update #1
The sponges in the ink cartridges are to deliver ink by capillary action. They actually were a more refined way of delivering the ink. The older inkl cartridges have a bladder and if there was a problem with the nozzle they tended to leak in the printer. The sponge type does awaay with this risk.
2006-09-07 20:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is so the sponge holds most of the ink, and so you run out of ink faster and have to go out and buy a new cartridge all the time.
These companies just think of everything to make more money, and rob the poor consumers!
Don't get a sponge ink holding printer. Get a free flowing fluid ink jet printer cartridge only.
2006-09-04 21:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To keep the ink from sloshing around; to "wick" every last drop of ink; to lessen leakage; and to regulate the ink flow . . . I think (?)
2006-09-04 20:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for a consistent ink flow
2006-09-04 20:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by chestymcbust 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is so it can absurb the ink
2006-09-04 20:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by sunshine_gurl32276 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋