Epson Stylus Photo 820 Teardown

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The object at the bottom of the last photo was 5 layers of absorbent padding to contain all the ink that the printer has wasted while cleaning its nozzles, in this case almost 8 years of ink.
At least the mess wasn't as bad as this or this.

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