I told you. You use papertowellng to soak up the ink. You'll need to get the cartridge holder to move away from where it nornally sits to be able to see the ink pad.

I find that Epson's printing photos is the best I've used.
HP probably is second, but I can tell you about one time I saw a photo printed on an HP and it wasn't pretty at all.
As for Canon, I have no idea how the photos look because I've never owned one and never seen a photo printed on one either.