Digital BW, The Print

Any tips / experiences on moving house with a CFS system? I 
have an MIS system on an Epson 980.

Do I need to dismantle the entire system before moving.. or 
what??

R.R.,

How far are you moving? Do you have the bottle rack?

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., rrhawks@m... wrote:

> Any tips / experiences on moving house with a CFS system? I 
> have an MIS system on an Epson 980.
> 
> Do I need to dismantle the entire system before moving.. or 
> what??

> How far are you moving? Do you have the bottle rack?
> 
> Martin Wesley

A two hour drive through Tokyo. I do have the bottle rack, and am 
reasonably sure I could pack the printer in a box with the bottle 
rack on top of the printer. Would that be enough?

Sorry if this seems a dumb question, but MIS are hopelessly 
slow at responding to any email questions, and their site has no 
info on any issues re moving the printer.

thnx

rrhawks

> A two hour drive through Tokyo. I do have the bottle rack, and am
> reasonably sure I could pack the printer in a box with the bottle
> rack on top of the printer. Would that be enough?

I think some have found that if they raise the bottles above the printer for
an extended period of time gravity will allow the inks to flow out of the
cartridges. I think your best bet would be to put in in a box,. Barring that
I'd get the little plugs that fit into the openings of the cartridges (I
think MIS and nomorecarts sell them), take the carts out and put the whole
CIS assembly into a big Ziplock bag, if they make one that big. Oh, and
probably as an added safety put a little bulldog clip onto each CIS line to
keep the ink from flowing through the cartridges. Then put Epson carts into
the printer to keep the heads from drying out. This way if there is spillage
it's not into the printer.

Todd

>> A two hour drive through Tokyo. I do have the bottle rack, and am
>> reasonably sure I could pack the printer in a box with the bottle
>> rack on top of the printer. Would that be enough?

Oops I edited out an important sentence fragment:
 
> I think some have found that if they raise the bottles above the printer for
> an extended period of time gravity will allow the inks to flow out of the
> cartridges. I think your best bet would be to put in in a box

that would allow you to keep your CIS installed, intact, and level,
alongside the printer, just as you have it when it is in use.

> Barring that
> I'd get the little plugs that fit into the openings of the cartridges (I
> think MIS and nomorecarts sell them), take the carts out and put the whole
> CIS assembly into a big Ziplock bag, if they make one that big. Oh, and
> probably as an added safety put a little bulldog clip onto each CIS line to
> keep the ink from flowing through the cartridges. Then put Epson carts into
> the printer to keep the heads from drying out. This way if there is spillage
> it's not into the printer.
> 
> Todd

I have moved several printers with aattached CIS units across town in 
this manner.

1. Get a board at least 11 inches wide and a bit longer that the 
combined length of your printer and the CIS.

2. Unplug the printer and bundle the cord.

3. Unplug the printer data cable.

4. Remove the printer cover (it comes off easily).

5. Use a piece of tape to secure the printhead on the right side of 
the carriage (at the normal off position for the printhead).

4. Get another human to help and slide the printer and CIS bottle rack 
on the board.

5. Tape the bottle rack securely to the board.

6. Tape the printer securely to the board.

7. Load the board with the printer in the backseat of a car.  I 
suspect the flat pickup bed or station wagon cargo area would work 
better, but I have just used the backseat of my 4 door sedan.  It is 
important to get the board level.  Magazines and old clothing works 
nicely to shim the board level in the seat.

8. Shim the board so it remains level.

9. Tape the board to the seat (actually I have just moved them without 
doing this step).

9. Carefully drive to the other location.

10. Set up is opposite the above.

Enjoy!   Lon
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., rrhawks@m... wrote:

> Any tips / experiences on moving house with a CFS system? I 
> have an MIS system on an Epson 980.
> 
> Do I need to dismantle the entire system before moving.. or 
> what??

>  > How far are you moving? Do you have the bottle rack?
>>
>>  Martin Wesley
>
>A two hour drive through Tokyo. I do have the bottle rack, and am
>reasonably sure I could pack the printer in a box with the bottle
>rack on top of the printer. Would that be enough?
>
>Sorry if this seems a dumb question, but MIS are hopelessly
>slow at responding to any email questions, and their site has no
>info on any issues re moving the printer.
>
I know someone who moved a printer not long ago (20 km in heavy 
trafic) with the bottles kept at the same level as the printer and 
the suply tubes pinched near the bottle.
-- 
Jean-Michel Paris

I would agree with Lon's method below. I would suggest two things. 
Clamp off all the lines from the bottles to the cartridges and the 
air vent lines. Small paper clips should work. Put a plastic sheet or 
tarp down in your vehicle first in case the worst happens.

Good luck and let us know what you actually do and how it worked.

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., lon_c@h... wrote:
> I have moved several printers with aattached CIS units across town 
in 
> this manner.
> 
> 1. Get a board at least 11 inches wide and a bit longer that the 
> combined length of your printer and the CIS.
> 
> 2. Unplug the printer and bundle the cord.
> 
> 3. Unplug the printer data cable.
> 
> 4. Remove the printer cover (it comes off easily).
> 
> 5. Use a piece of tape to secure the printhead on the right side of 
> the carriage (at the normal off position for the printhead).
> 
> 4. Get another human to help and slide the printer and CIS bottle 
rack 
> on the board.
> 
> 5. Tape the bottle rack securely to the board.
> 
> 6. Tape the printer securely to the board.
> 
> 7. Load the board with the printer in the backseat of a car.  I 
> suspect the flat pickup bed or station wagon cargo area would work 
> better, but I have just used the backseat of my 4 door sedan.  It 
is 
> important to get the board level.  Magazines and old clothing works 
> nicely to shim the board level in the seat.
> 
> 8. Shim the board so it remains level.
> 
> 9. Tape the board to the seat (actually I have just moved them 
without 

> doing this step).
> 
> 9. Carefully drive to the other location.
> 
> 10. Set up is opposite the above.
> 
> Enjoy!   Lon
> ______________________________
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., rrhawks@m... wrote:
> > Any tips / experiences on moving house with a CFS system? I 
> > have an MIS system on an Epson 980.
> > 
> > Do I need to dismantle the entire system before moving.. or 
> > what??

When I moved house four months ago (a distance of about 40 miles), I 
just placed the 1160 & CIS bottles (in rack) side by side on a board, 
and put this in the back seat of the car. Everything worked fine when 
I got to the other end.

The wife and kids? Oh, they were fine in the back of the furniture 
van ... Well, I had the monitor on the front seat :))

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., lon_c@h... wrote:
> > I have moved several printers with aattached CIS units across 
town 
> in 
> > this manner.
> > 
> > 1. Get a board at least 11 inches wide and a bit longer that the 
> > combined length of your printer and the CIS.
> > 
> > 2. Unplug the printer and bundle the cord.
> > 
> > 3. Unplug the printer data cable.
> > 
> > 4. Remove the printer cover (it comes off easily).
> > 
> > 5. Use a piece of tape to secure the printhead on the right side 
of 
> > the carriage (at the normal off position for the printhead).
> > 
> > 4. Get another human to help and slide the printer and CIS bottle 
> rack 
> > on the board.
> > 
> > 5. Tape the bottle rack securely to the board.
> > 
> > 6. Tape the printer securely to the board.
> > 
> > 7. Load the board with the printer in the backseat of a car.  I 
> > suspect the flat pickup bed or station wagon cargo area would 
work 
> > better, but I have just used the backseat of my 4 door sedan.  It 
> is 
> > important to get the board level.  Magazines and old clothing 
works 

> > nicely to shim the board level in the seat.
> > 
> > 8. Shim the board so it remains level.
> > 
> > 9. Tape the board to the seat (actually I have just moved them 
> without 
> > doing this step).
> > 
> > 9. Carefully drive to the other location.
> > 
> > 10. Set up is opposite the above.
> > 
> > Enjoy!   Lon