Digital BW, The Print

A little tip for all of you struggling with CFS setups... I was trying to
get a clog out of a feed tube, and needed to apply some serious suction,
when it hit me: the MityVac! It's a hand-held vacuum pump normally used
to bleed brake lines; I use mine for my motorcycle brakes. So I ran out
to the garage, dusted it off, hooked it up, and it worked like a charm.
So well, in fact, that in my enthusiasm I sucked a 3/4-full 4oz bottle of
ink empty in about five pumps. Whoops! (I just poured it back in). Later,
I had a feed tube with a bunch of air in it, so I pulled the cart out,
put a small nozzle on the MityVac, stuck it in the bottom of the cart,
and squeezed once... voila, a fully-filled tube and cart.

You can get these little gems for about $35 in auto-supply stores or
motorcycle shops. They come with a variety of little nozzles and tubes,
perfect for attaching to all kinds of inky orifices (careful there). And
hey, you might decide to start bleeding your own brake lines, too.

Harry