Response to need a print washing system that will recycle the water.

No go on that one; it's like washing dishes in yesterdays dirty dishwater. You can, however, wash a print in a minimal amount of water using multiple changes of water. The idea is that the fixer will diffuse into the water until the concentration reaches equilibrium, then you pour out that water, pour in fresh, again and again, until the amount of remaining fixer is so small the print is considered "washed." For fiber paper, after treatment in a wash aid, put the print in a tray and pour in enough water to cover it about 1/2". Let it sit an hour, pour out that water and pour in more, let sit etc. Do this maybe six or eight times and the print will be clean. As you can see, it'd be rather time-consuming to wash one print at a time this way. RC paper would of course wash much quicker. If you must use the least water you can but still work in a practical manner, consider investing in one of the low-flow washers such as a Versalab.

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