Digital BW, The Print

If you had enough of a vacuum to permit the intial filling and then 
the ink retracted, the seal must not have been complete, permitting 
a slow leak.  Is it possible that the bottle caps were not 
completely closed allowing the the vacuum to be broken?

Andy 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Kevin" 
<imaginaryapple@i...> wrote:
> Just received my 1160 CIS replacement cartridges after MIS sent me
> incompatible ones a few weeks ago, Ive followed the instructions 
and
> vacuumed filled my cartridges, and im letting the cartridges to 
settle
> before testing them tomorrow, however im rather concerned over the
> retraction of ink in the C&M tubes, one has retracted 7 inches, 
and the
> other one 5, just wondering is that normal? or has there been an 
air leak?
> (in the instructions it mentions something about ink retraction 
over half
> way of the tubing, however that was referring to after the 
catridges had
> been installed, which is not the case for me and the problem seems 
to have
> occured earlier in the filling up stage)
> 
> Kevin.