Digital BW, The Print

I just received a CFS with UT inks from MIS. I read the instructions 
and thought I understood what needed to be done. When I looked at 
the CFS carts they sent me, however, I notice that they appear to be 
full of ink. The labels say "ARC-S020089-QUT MIS Ultratone pigment 3 
color" and "ARC-S020108-UTK MIS Ultratone pigment Black". The tubes 
have some ink in them, near the carts and the ends of the tubes 
(that will go in the bottles) are folded over and clipped...

My question is this: Do I still need to vacuum fill these carts as 
described in the instructions? Is there already a vacuum in these 
carts (thus the clipped-off ends)? It seems that if I try to pull a 
vacuum on these (already full?) carts that I'll just be sucking out 
the ink... I've called MIS twice and left messages and haven't 
gotten a reply. I've also emailed them twice...

Any advice?

Thanks,

Jim Batzer

Jim:

There is no vacuum -- the carts have been filled and the pressure 
inside the carts is at atmospheric.  The tubes are clipped off to 
keep the ink from running out.  All you need to do is install the 
carts and tubing clips and insert the tubes into the bottles and 
adjust the tubing lengths as necessary.  As the ink in the carts 
starts to go down, it will create a tiny vacuum and pull the ink 
from the bottles as well as any air bubbles in the lines. 

Hope this helps.

Jeff Randall

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Batzer" 
<jbatzer2@a...> wrote:
> I just received a CFS with UT inks from MIS. I read the 
instructions 
> and thought I understood what needed to be done. When I looked at 
> the CFS carts they sent me, however, I notice that they appear to 
be 
> full of ink. The labels say "ARC-S020089-QUT MIS Ultratone pigment 
3 
> color" and "ARC-S020108-UTK MIS Ultratone pigment Black". The 
tubes 
> have some ink in them, near the carts and the ends of the tubes 
> (that will go in the bottles) are folded over and clipped...
> 
> My question is this: Do I still need to vacuum fill these carts as 
> described in the instructions? Is there already a vacuum in these 
> carts (thus the clipped-off ends)? It seems that if I try to pull 
a 
> vacuum on these (already full?) carts that I'll just be sucking 
out 

> the ink... I've called MIS twice and left messages and haven't 
> gotten a reply. I've also emailed them twice...
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Batzer

Thanks Jeff,

Is this the case even if there's no ink in the tubing? The ink will 
be pulled in and there shouldn't be problems with air bubbles? 

Thanks again,

Jim Batzer

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall" 
<jrandall@c...> wrote:
> Jim:
> 
> There is no vacuum -- the carts have been filled and the pressure 
> inside the carts is at atmospheric.  The tubes are clipped off to 
> keep the ink from running out.  All you need to do is install the 
> carts and tubing clips and insert the tubes into the bottles and 
> adjust the tubing lengths as necessary.  As the ink in the carts 
> starts to go down, it will create a tiny vacuum and pull the ink 
> from the bottles as well as any air bubbles in the lines. 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Jeff Randall
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Batzer" 
> <jbatzer2@a...> wrote:
> > I just received a CFS with UT inks from MIS. I read the 
> instructions 
> > and thought I understood what needed to be done. When I looked 
at 
> > the CFS carts they sent me, however, I notice that they appear 
to 
> be 
> > full of ink. The labels say "ARC-S020089-QUT MIS Ultratone 
pigment 
> 3 
> > color" and "ARC-S020108-UTK MIS Ultratone pigment Black". The 
> tubes 
> > have some ink in them, near the carts and the ends of the tubes 
> > (that will go in the bottles) are folded over and clipped...
> > 
> > My question is this: Do I still need to vacuum fill these carts 
as 
> > described in the instructions? Is there already a vacuum in 
these 
> > carts (thus the clipped-off ends)? It seems that if I try to 
pull 

> a 
> > vacuum on these (already full?) carts that I'll just be sucking 
> out 
> > the ink... I've called MIS twice and left messages and haven't 
> > gotten a reply. I've also emailed them twice...
> > 
> > Any advice?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jim Batzer