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Re: Alternatives to ink cartridges (CIS vs CFS)

2004-05-09 by nick_h_nugent

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "richard_h95050" 
<richardh@j...> wrote:
> Hi Arthur, Hands down, I'd say to go with MIS. 

Yes, I agree with Richard 100%. Their prices are very competitive, 
too. They also sell lots of parts to construct your own CIS. I 
purchased my first CFS and then proceeded to build 4 others without 
any problems.

The key thing to any CFS system is keeping the ink level in each 
bottle about the same or 1 mm lower than the printhead. I made 
special rulers to make it easier to check the levels. This has 
really helped reduced frequent cleanings. Maintaining ink levels 
like this has enabled me to go for weeks without printing and still 
get good nozzle checks with occasional single cleaning cycles. 
Having 5 printers all running CFS I have to reduce wasted time and 
ink on cleanings.

--nick

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