🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <593313378wnr@wilsoni.demon.co.uk>, Ian Wilson
<ian@wilsoni.demon.co.uk> writes
>I have an IBM 4072 (re-badged Canon 330) Execjet printer which
>has been running with no problems since January 1991 and I always
>refill with Thermis Jet-Ink refills.
You mean "Themis", I take it. They are one of the best ink suppliers, yes.
I believe there are considerable differences between the BJ130e and the
BJ330, especially in ink-flow. The cartridges are a different shape, too.
>
>Does anyone know where I can get the little sponge that fits in
>the purge unit as mine has finally disintegrated?  The advice
>from IBM (Lexmark) was that they are not sold as separate items
>but you get one if you buy a complete print assembly... not really
>what I wanted to hear. They also said that this printer will work
>fine without a sponge in but I find it seems to affect print quality.
>Has anyone else had this problem and found a suitable replacement?
>
The BJ130e has a little felt pad attached to the side of the pump which wipes
the head. I also tried to get them separately, but made one out of thick 
blotting-paper - the sort from an old desktop-blotter-pad, rare today, almost
soft cardboard - it needs to be bent slightly to clip into the grooves. Luckily
there was enough to spare at the edge (under the leather margin) on our MD's
desk!
I wonder if he'll hapen to read this :-Q
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Mike Yates         Frome   Somerset   England