Digital BW, The Print

the only purpose of the vacuum pump is to get the ink into the carts 
and tubes, after that it is an open system on the bottle side and 
works by syphon action... it doesn't matter how the ink gets into the 
right place.

mark

...
> I'm afraid you may need a fresh set of cartridges because you need 
to 
> put a vacuum in them so that they draw the ink from the bottles 
> through the tubes lines. And when you draw air from those filled 
> cartridges for said vacuum, you'll have ink overflowing into your 
> siphon! Also, I dont know if the tape of the bottom would hold when 
> you start that vacuum. I fail to see how it could be done 
otherwise, 
> but you never know, maybe someone will explain how to do it.
> 
> Read the pdf carefully and make sure you understand the entire 
> procedure before you start and take your time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre