µ Filling your Reservoir
Note: You might want to protect your workspace using paper towels or newspaper. Also, it is recommended to use gloves when working with ink, make sure you protect your clothes as well.
Note: If air bubbles ever build up in your lines, take the cartridges out of the printer and repeat step 5. Sometimes ink will go into your syringe in form of air bubbles. If this happens, continue pulling the air/ink out until you get solid ink without the bubbles. Do not throw your ink away. You can put it back into your reservoir.
µ Inserting your Cartridges
Please note that in order to properly fit your CISS cartridges and hoses in the printer some modifications may be required. This might include, taking off the small door on the cartridge carriage for some printers.
µ Installing your Cartridges
Before you begin, please make sure your printer does not have cartridges installed. If it does, please remove them and turn your printer off. Also, make sure your driver is up-to-date and your printer is ready to go!
Windows Users
Your cartridges will charge with no problem. Now all you have to do is a head cleaning and a nozzle check. You will find these two options under the maintenance tab and it will prompt you on what to do. Head cleaning first and then a nozzle check.
Mac Users
µ Start Printing
Note: Only when your reservoir is completely closed, will you be able to move it around freely without causing it to leak inside the printer.
µ Quick Tips
If your system has been filled with sublimation ink, it is important for you to print AT LEAST 1-2 times a week in order to prevent your print heads from clogging. You can print anything small or simply do 1-2 head cleanings.
Do not let the ink level of your reservoir fall bellow ¼ of the tank.
Trouble Shooting CISS Systems
1. "Printer cannot recognize cartridges"
This message occurs when the chips on the CISS are not seated properly. Take out the cartridges, turn off your printer and unplug it. Wait 30 seconds. Then plug back your printer, turn it on and install the cartridges again, being sure to seat them firmly to hear a good "click". Press down a couple more times with your thumbs on top of the cartridges before completing your cartridge installation.
2. "Nothing is printing on my pages"
Make sure the air filters are not installed (plugged in) on top of the ink tanks, if so the ink cannot flow through the system and into the cartridges. New printers require time for ink to fully pass through the printer heads before getting clean prints.
3. "The ink tubes are getting stuck inside of the printer."
You have to adjust your ink lines and test if it has clearance as the printer carriage moves back and forth during printing. You can do this by setting your printer to allow you to manually push the printer carriage back and forth, while you see where to run your lines and adjust them. Adjust them so they won't get caught and not 'slap around' inside your printer.
4. "Printer shows that ink levels are low, how do I reset them?"
If this does affect your print out, don't be concerned. Printers have an internal page counter that count how many pages are printed and forces you to replace them after you reach a certain limit. Once that time comes, remove all your cartridges and install them back in, or use your reset button if your CISS came with one. Then you can resume printing.
5. "There is air in the tubes, is this normal?"
Yes, it is normal because so many people handle it through shipping. If it does not affect your printing, don't be concerned. If it does, then you can run a 1-2 head cleanings to get the air out. If that does not help, remove the clear rubber plug from the cartridge and insert a syringe in to pull the air out. If you get some ink in the syringe, you can simply put it back in the tank.