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Re: [Digital BW] CIS carts - can they be emptied & cleaned ?

2002-01-25 by Todd Flashner

Get new carts, start fresh. Those sponges hold a lot of ink, and the two
inks will probably intermingle so you'd never know when you were printing
with the true ink.

Tubing can be flushed with water and sprayed "dry" with condensed air (if
you have that red plastic extension which will fit into the tube).

Todd

> Can the CIS cart chambers from MIS be cleaned out if you want to
> change from one MIS ink to another?
> 
> I had an incorrect inkset delivered (2 of the 4 inks - C&M), and the
> 2 incorrect ones are going to be exchanged, but I'd already started
> filling the carts (vaccuum method not bottom fill).
> 
> I've not yet installed and punctured the bottom of the carts.
> 
> One can suck up most of the ink by pulling it back up the tube with a
> syringe - what about the rest ?
> 
> Is it more viable to just mix it with the new ink and "print it out"
> until exhausted ?
> 
> And can the tubing be flushed and reattached to the cart ?

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