#11: Author: Martin, Location: South Yorkshire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:40 pm — Given your other post it seems you have hit a poor kit all told... Perhaps it'd be worth casting around for something a little better supported..
Problem here is that I build my own kits but it's not something I'd recommend to most folks because it requires a lot of painful lessons to get right (and I'm still learning) but so far I seem to have found that:
Pressure needs to be kept minimal (ink levels no higher than an inch from the base of the printer) on a Canon CIS so a marriote bottle system is often the best approach or a raised printer to ensure correct pressures.
Use of a single .5. or 1mm silicon grommet placed on top of the rubber grommet provides an additional seal against the cartridge exit port and that helps remove any air leakage
When using sponged cartridges it's often a good idea to purge the cartridges completely to remove any algae, clogged/old/dried ink, etc... How you do this is a bit up to you but I've found a good hose combination that tends to blast through using tap water. This is a whole other topic however and you should check nifty-stuff forums for info on how you could handle the task.
Beyond that lot it's all down to accepting the warranty message and occassional chip faults.
