Question : Why is there a sponge in my ink cartridge?
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?Why does it need to absorb the ink? Why can't the ink just sit there?
- asked by mrs.mooster
All Answers:
Answer #1
that is so it can absurb the ink
- answered by Leah M
Answer #2
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 (?)
- answered by alchemist0750
Answer #3
for a consistent ink flow
- answered by chestymcbust
Answer #4
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.
- answered by brian knight
Answer #5
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.
- answered by toolman4ya
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