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Question posted by gpwinter2 on March 26th, 2013

Mp180 Ink Absorber If Full. How Do I Empty It?

Machine has stopped printing with large red notice "Ink Absorber Full"

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Answer #1: Posted by brilliantV on March 27th, 2013 12:08 AM

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- Turn on the printer and lift up the top section. When the ink cartridges have moved to the centre of the machine turn it off at the mains, which leaves the cartridges out of the way of the excess ink pads which are located on the far right hand side.

- Clean off the sponges by pressing paper towels on to them and then clean the surrounding parts with paper towels and cotton buds. It's a bit messy but not too bad.

- Once done this turn on the printer at the mains, restart it with the on/off button and once it had completes it's actions turn it off by the on/off button.

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