Digital BW, The Print

I've sold my Photo EX with an MIS CFS but have been wondering how 
practical it's going to be to ship that way. I was thinking there 
might be a way to plug the ends of the tubes perhaps? Has anyone ever 
done anything like this?

Be seeing you...
Bob

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "xratspikex" <ratspike@f...> 
wrote:
> I've sold my Photo EX with an MIS CFS but have been wondering how 
> practical it's going to be to ship that way. I was thinking there 
> might be a way to plug the ends of the tubes perhaps? Has anyone 
ever 
> done anything like this?
> 
> Be seeing you...
> Bob

I did this with a CIS nomorecarts, but you can try it with the MIS 
tubing:

get a set of EZ-Plugs from nomorecarts distributer. Or use an old 
cracked one if you have it. You will need a six pin version for a six 
tube CFS, four for a four tube CFS, etc...

Get a set of bottle caps with no holes in top.

Pinch a tube off and remove from bottle. Run the end of tubing under 
fairly warm water for awhile. After a minite or two, if the CFS tubing 
is like the CIS tubing, the little metal pin in the plastic base fits 
right in to the tube. As the tube cools, it seals tight and you can 
remove the pincher.

Repeat for the rest of tubing, washing excess ink off as you warm the 
tubes under warm water. Seal the bottles with the caps.

The MIS rivets are too big to fit in the tubes...use the $15 EZ-Plugs. 
Or go to hardware store and buy smaller rivits or a metal rod maybe..
Jim H.

That's brilliant...so simple it's no wonder it never occurred to me. 
Thanks for the tip.

Be seeing you...
Bob



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jimhayes361" 
<jimhayes@j...> wrote:> 
I did this with a CIS nomorecarts, but you can try it with the MIS 
> tubing:
> 
> get a set of EZ-Plugs from nomorecarts distributer. Or use an old 
> cracked one if you have it. You will need a six pin version for a 
six 
> tube CFS, four for a four tube CFS, etc...
> 
> Get a set of bottle caps with no holes in top.
> 
> Pinch a tube off and remove from bottle. Run the end of tubing 
under 
> fairly warm water for awhile. After a minite or two, if the CFS 
tubing 
> is like the CIS tubing, the little metal pin in the plastic base 
fits 
> right in to the tube. As the tube cools, it seals tight and you can 
> remove the pincher.
> 
> Repeat for the rest of tubing, washing excess ink off as you warm 
the 
> tubes under warm water. Seal the bottles with the caps.
> 
> The MIS rivets are too big to fit in the tubes...use the $15 EZ-
Plugs. 
> Or go to hardware store and buy smaller rivits or a metal rod 
maybe..
> Jim H.