Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Mark Romine <klick3@g...> 
wrote:
> To achieve a vacuum with a CIS can this only be done once before the
> carts are installed or can a vacuum be achieved at any time after 
the
> carts have had their seal broken by installation? The reason for my
> asking I am in the process of installing new carts for my CIS and I 
am
> having trouble getting a vacuum with the new carts already 
installed.
> 

Mark,

I am not quite sure where you are in the process of installing them 
but once the bottom seals are broken you can't get a vacuum on the 
cart unless you reseal the bottom openings with something. Try 
electrical tape. Also if there is any ink in the cartridges you will 
suck it into the vacuum pump, which is not fatal to the pump but very 
messy.

If the bottom seals are broken you can also use the original method 
of filling the CIS carts by inserting a syringe in the bottom 
openings with the tubes already in the ink bottles and pull the ink 
into the cart.

Martin Wesley