waste tank

i'm about to do the separate waste line. i figured i would only be dealing with a small amount of added cleaning solution that i occasionally put down the dampers. but yes, it is frustrating to think that these printers toss so much ink. ...about $100 a month. when i separate my lines, i'm using syringes (large) with an air/pinhole at the top. i've done it in the past with white. it works well. for course the white ink costs four times as much as other colors. in the end i've gone back to my own in-house pain in the *** but very opaque white ink. with i want white i want WHITE.

 

currently i have a long line coming out to a separate container for the cyan ink. due to recent issue's i've had with the pump, i decided to just leave the long line on for easy access to pull a syringe on it, if necessary.

think I will be doing the same for my other individual colors, as well... heck, what's the worst that can happen? if anything, and you don't want to put the ink back through your printer (contamination?), you can always turn scrap vinyl into watercolor artwork and/or have colors handy to touchup print errors prior to lamination (saved my butt a few times in the past).

i do like the recycling of ink idea, however. For me to do so I hope to have refillable carts with permanent chips in the future and I'll just dial my head refresh rate and cleaning cycles to high heaven to keep the printer "wet" and happy.

 

artbot did u try to separate waste lines and put back ink to refillable? how heads reacts, any additional clogs?