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MIS Associates Inc                2901 Auburn Rd                Auburn Hills, MI  48326                 800-445-8296

  

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Installation Instructions: Filled Epson 1160 CFS 

 

 

 

Procedure: 

1.

 

Fill Cartridges with Ink 

Get a place to work where you can spill a little ink and not ruin anything. Spread 
some newspapers down and have plenty of paper towels handy. Make sure you have 
good lighting.  

 

Materials: 

 

Continuous Flow Cartridges, color and black with tubes attached  

 

4 MIS-Syringe (10 cc)  

 

4 Bottom Fill Adapters (MIS-BADPT)  

 

4 Bottles of ink, one of each color (CMYK)  

 

4 Rivets (MIS-Rivet)  

 

Follow the table below for determining how much ink to inject into each chamber. 
The instructions for each color are identical, just the volume of ink injected is 
different.  

Summary of Contents for 1160 CFS

Page 1: ...re you can spill a little ink and not ruin anything Spread some newspapers down and have plenty of paper towels handy Make sure you have good lighting Materials Continuous Flow Cartridges color and black with tubes attached 4 MIS Syringe 10 cc 4 Bottom Fill Adapters MIS BADPT 4 Bottles of ink one of each color CMYK 4 Rivets MIS Rivet Follow the table below for determining how much ink to inject in...

Page 2: ... E ARC SO20108 E ARC SO20189 E Follow these steps for each chamber starting with Black A Use the Bottom Fill Adapter and puncture the clear seal over the exit port for the color you are about to inject Only puncture the one you are going to put ink into B Unwrap the syringe remove the protective cap and attach a green needle to the end of the syringe Twist it on with your fingers so it is tight C ...

Page 3: ...me of ink in the syringe so that you have the amount shown in the above table Hold the syringe tip over the open ink bottle and push the syringe plunger until you have the bottom of the rubber plunger at the right mark G Hold the cartridge being filled at eye level keeping the cartridge orientated in its normal position Insert the tip of the Bottom Fill Adapter into the exit port on the bottom of ...

Page 4: ...d set them on a flat surface Put a pencil or some sheets of paper under the end of the cartridge so that it is perfectly level Make sure the end of the tubes are open and not kinked or twisted You are done for today Let the freshly filled cartridges age overnight You can continue in the morning or later in the day with the next step in the process This is important don t try to rush it The ink nee...

Page 5: ...zle check is very important If your printer can not produce a PERFECT nozzle check then there is something wrong with it and you should not proceed with the installation of the CFS Here is what a perfect nozzle check should look like There are 48 segments in each section Each one of these represents an inkjet nozzle on the print head They must all be working properly before you proceed 3 Remove th...

Page 6: ...sh the paper feed button and hold it down until the cartridge holder moves to the left Pull the power plug out when the cartridge holder is in its left position This will keep it from returning to the right unexpectedly Don t plug the power in until later Use a thin flat screw driver blade to remove the clamps Be sure not to break them You may need them some day Remove the black clamp first This w...

Page 7: ...tead of the long flat bracket 6 Prepare Cartridges for Installation Put some newspaper or paper towels in front of your printer Do not remove foil pull tabs from top of cartridges This is important Insert the cartridges into the cartridge holder Make sure the black felt pads are on the cartridges There should be 2 on the black cartridge and 2 on the color cartridge When you insert the cartridges b...

Page 8: ...ents so that the tube is not to tight when the carts are in the left most position As the cartridges traverse from left to right the tubing should not touch the bottom of the carriage 8 Install the Switch Activator These two pieces of rigid foam are the Switch Activators see photo Push them down gently into the front of the cartridge holder where the end of the clamp previously went They must be i...

Page 9: ...bes into the bottles Set up the bottle tray next to the right hand side of the printer Trim the tubing length so that the tubes will make a turn into the bottle with out rising up There must be 3 inch of tubing inside the bottle The bottles are arranged in order K C M Y from front to back You just want to have a neat orderly tube arrangement After you cut the tubes to length use a black marker and...

Page 10: ...ot work If the bottles are too low the print head will not have enough power to pull up the ink and it will not work The best level for the bottles is the same level that the printer is sitting on 11 Establish Working Condition of the Cartridges At this point the tubing has some ink in it and the ends have been installed in the ink bottles the switch activators are installed and the tubing bracket...

Page 11: ...es back from the cartridges This is normal When you start to print again the ink will be drawn into the cartridges and it will function normally In the morning if you see the ink has retracted more than half way back to the bottles on any of the tubes this is a problem It means there is an air leak There is no fix for this other than a new continuous flow cartridge We will replace it at no cost if...

Page 12: ...ft position Remove the Switch Activators not the cartridges and put them right back in position this reset the switches The light or lights will not go off Push the paper feed button again and the cartridges will return to the right the printer will run one cleaning cycle and the lights will go off Let it finish the cleaning cycle then run a nozzle check If the nozzle check is good you are all set...

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