I think the better Epson printers have a ‘maintenance box’ which absorbs excess ink and can be replaced.
In general borderless printing causes a lot of hassles. A borderless print looks like a traditional photo print in that the printing extends to the edges of the paper but actually the problem is that the printer doesn’t control the position of the paper exactly so it prints an image that extends off the edges of the paper so some traces of ink have to get absorbed.
One consequence is that something on the edge of a borderless print can be cut off so if something is important to the composition you have to leave some extra space.
I hear stories of people who use off-brand inks who have terrible messes with those ink pads used for borderless printing. As resentful as you might get about printer manufacturers, off-brand ink is not consistent with getting good results.
> One consequence is that something on the edge of a borderless print can be cut off so if something is important to the composition you have to leave some extra space.
In the printing industry it's nothing new, it's called bleed.
In general borderless printing causes a lot of hassles. A borderless print looks like a traditional photo print in that the printing extends to the edges of the paper but actually the problem is that the printer doesn’t control the position of the paper exactly so it prints an image that extends off the edges of the paper so some traces of ink have to get absorbed.
One consequence is that something on the edge of a borderless print can be cut off so if something is important to the composition you have to leave some extra space.
I hear stories of people who use off-brand inks who have terrible messes with those ink pads used for borderless printing. As resentful as you might get about printer manufacturers, off-brand ink is not consistent with getting good results.