My bjw9000 is pumping ink through into the waste ink container instead of the print heads. It does print but I am wasting ink at a fast rate. It has only started to do this recently,I have had the printer for a few years and up until this started to hapen it has run and printed fine. Thanks Tony Orr

Usually this means, that the waste ink absorber is full, or at least the printer's internal ink counter reached maximum capacity.
When the printer cleans it's heads, it "spits out" some ink into a special container, called the waste ink absorber. The internal counter prevents the ink overflowing from that container, and staining whatever the printer stands on.
If you want to avoid a visit to a service depot and try experimenting yourself, try www.fixyourownprinter.com, you may be able to find some guidelines there.
Good luck!

waste ink is the container that collects excess ink during cleaning cycles.

mechanicla repair, if you can get your hands on the service manual you can replace it yourself.

otherwise just replace the printer.

Cleaning cycles use lots of ink. Go to http://www.inkproducts.com/ and buy a CISS for your printer. It will save you tons of money, you never change cartridges and never run out of ink [yes, you do have to fill the tanks once in a while] Bulk ink is cheap. The CISS will pay for itself in a month. Don't forget to get a Waste Ink Container, it hooks up to the printer and instead of the unusable ink going to the waste ink pad, it goes to the container which can then be emptied, washed and used over and over. The waste ink pad when full will need to be replaced or the printer will not print. Changing the pad is messy and a PITA. They have cleaning kits.

Issue: Alarm / Power light flashes orange 8 times consecutively (Waste Ink Nearly Full Error)
Solution: Press the <RESUME/CANCEL> button to clear the error (1700)
Waste ink absorber error 1700
The printer has a built-in waste ink absorber to hold the ink used during print head cleaning. Eight flashes indicates that this absorber is nearly full.

Press the <RESUME/CANCEL> button on the printer to clear the error, so you can continue the print job. The printer will need to be serviced as soon as possible.

Issue: Alarm / Power light flashes orange 8 times consecutively (Waste Ink Nearly Full Error)
Solution: Press the <RESUME/CANCEL> button to clear the error (1700)
Waste ink absorber error 1700
The printer has a built-in waste ink absorber to hold the ink used during print head cleaning. Eight flashes indicates that this absorber is nearly full.

Press the <RESUME/CANCEL> button on the printer to clear the error, so you can continue the print job. The printer will need to be serviced as soon as possible.

There is an absorbent sponge in the bottom of your waste ink container to help contain the waste ink your printer generates when it cleans the print head nozzles. That sponge is probably full and has triggered a "most informative" error message!

Check your user's manual about the procedure for changing the absorber and where to buy new ones.

It is your print head, not ink cartridge
It is reasonably easy to change yourself - google for Stylus C70 printer head

It could be the Waste Ink Pad. Call Epson tech support for the correct answer. If it is the pad go to the site below and get a Waste Ink Container. It sits outside the computer. Lood at the CISS, it will save you Tons of money.

http://www.inkproducts.com/ink-store/

Hi!

Please check the waste container where the ink cartridges rest. After some time, ink sprayed into this container during cleaning cycles and builds up to form a heap of solid waste material of ink. On getting too high it makes contact with the printer head and drags ink across all printed material which is required to be cleaned out with a small wooden stick or brush.

Please do rate this solution as FixYa and revert for further assistance.


Thanks

Rylee

An error has occurred in the printer. The number of flashes indicates the type of error, as outlined below. Check the cause and take the appropriate action.
Two flashes: Out of paper or paper feed error
Replace the paper correctly and press the RESUME/CANCEL button.
Three flashes: Paper jam
If paper has jammed in the printer, clear the jam, replace the paper in the printer correctly and press the RESUME/CANCEL button.
See Paper Jams
Four flashes: Empty ink tank
If you press the RESUME/CANCEL button, it will continue printing with an empty ink tank. However, when printing is finished, replace the ink tank immediately. If you continue printing with an empty ink tank, it will be a cause of trouble.
See Replacing an Ink Tank
Six flashes: No print head installed
Install a print head.
Seven flashes: Defective print head
Contact a Canon service representative.
Eight flashes: Waste ink tank almost full
The printer has a built-in waste ink tank for the ink used during print head cleaning. Eight flashes indicates that the waste ink tank is nearly full. Press the RESUME/CANCEL button to cancel the error so you can continue printing. Before the waste ink tank becomes completely full, contact a Canon service representative.
Note
Canon recommends to call for service as soon as this error occurs. Once the waste ink tank becomes completely full, printing will no longer be possible.
POWER lamp flashes alternate green and orange:
An error that requires contacting a Canon service representative may have occurred.
Turn the printer off and unplug the printer from the power supply. Plug the printer back in and turn the printer back on.
If the problem remains, contact a Canon service representative.

First, we need to know what model # it is. A lot of the epson printers have a sponge in the bottom of the printer that the waste ink goes into. The waste ink comes from cleaning the heads. Everytime you turn on an Epson printer, it runs a head cleaning so your best bet with epson printers is to leave them on. You can get waste ink containers for most model on several ink supply websites, but you have to reset the waste ink notification before it will print again. There are several ways of doing this with the different printers, but you can download a program to help you. You can download it from here:

http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml