before: drilling ↓cutting the pipes↓
¹ fill the cartridges completely with ink.
─knock carefully on the cartridges, this will force air bubbles under the lids to escape through the holes
─if you use empty catriges wait longer until the ink is soaked completely into the sponge
² put the gaskets into the drilled holes. If you used a 4mm drill bit it will be easier Gimlet = 3,6mm
³ e.g. in a sink or washbowl: fill the ciss with the 4 colors up to ~85%. Keep the needles higher than the ciss, or keep them out of the washbowl
⁴ move the L connectors down until ink flows out of all 4 tubes. Then block the pipes with the ink stopper.
⁵ push the L connectors into the gaskets -_- order Y M C B
⁶ tilt the ciss ( both chambers closed with the plugs ) until the smaller air chamber is on top and in a horizental possition
⁷ tilt the ciss back, insert the cartridges into the holders and the pipes into the pipes holder.
whilst printing keep the air chambers open, in the best case via a 1 in 4 venting plug
OPTIONs
─after drilling the holes, try to prepare a way with a 1,5mm screwdriver into the sponge for the needles , but don't go to deep.
─seal the connection pipes-cartridges with elastic glue or latex paint
before ⁵ : try to make a "hole" in the sponge for the needle with a ~2mm screwdriver, but don't go to deep.
NOTE: If you don't do it like described, you will get a 1,5mm air layer underneath the cartridge lid.
You can try to remove this air via the suction tool, nozzles up.
It could be, that you can't remove the air completely via the suction tool.
IMG: the 3,6mm cyan hole sealed after 1,5y with ~5 layers water based acryl heating color
