Epson CFS-900P User Manual

MIS Continuous Flow for Epson Photo 900

Installation Instructions

What you will need to Install the Photo 900 CFS

• Complete CFS-900P Kit

• Scissors

• Measuring Tape or Ruler

• Marking Pen or Pencil

• Paper Towels

• Alcohol or Cleaning Solution

What is included in your Photo 900 CFS Kit

• Cartridge Set with tubes attached

• Set of 6 Inks (C, Lc, M, Lm, Y, K)

• 6 Drilled Bottle Caps

• Clear Plastic Bridge Bracket with Black Velcro

• Clear Plastic Tube Support with White Adhesive Backing

• 1 Beige Tube Clip

• 6 Black Velcro Circles (Hook & Loop)

• 1 Piece of Loop Velcro ¾ x ¾

• 2 thin tie wraps.

Step 1 - Check Printer Condition

If you have a brand new printer, follow the Epson instructions for setting up your printer. Use the Epson
cartridges that came with the printer. Follow normal installation instructions for the software. Test the
printer by printing pictures. Learn how to use the Epson utilities to run a Nozzle pattern check and to run
a Cleaning Cycle.

Make sure that the printer can produce a perfect nozzle pattern before
proceeding with Permaflow installation.

If you have been using the printer in the past, just make sure it produces a perfect nozzle pattern before
proceeding with the Permaflow installation. If the Nozzle pattern has any gaps whatsoever, then run
cleaning cycles until it prints perfectly.

Step 2

– Disconnect Power From Printer

Push, but do not hold the INK button on the printer. This will move the cartridges to the “replacement”
position. After they move to this position, which is on the left, PULL THE POWER PLUG OUT OF THE
WALL. Now the cartridges can be moved from side to side by hand. We will tell you later when to
reattach the printer power plug (step 9).

Step 3

– Install Tube Supports

Use your alcohol or cleaning solution and clean the top of the printer housing where the clear plastic Tube
Support is going to attach. Make sure you wipe this area clean and dry before proceeding. See photo
below. (The Tube Support is the clear plastic piece with the white foam tape on it.)

Use a pencil or marking pen, and mark a line on the printer housing, at 3 1/8 inches from the edge of the
printer housing as shown in the above photo. This photo was taken after the tubes were installed.

Next, you will notice that the Bridge Bracket has both the Hook and Loop Velcro on it. The Hook portion
of the Velcro is going to end up attached to your printer. The Loop portion will remain on the Bridge

Bracket. Do not separate the Hook and Loop, Keep them together just like they were when delivered.
Remove the adhesive backing from the Hook portion of the Velcro. Keep it attached to the Loop portion.
Carefully install the Bridge Bracket in its proper location at the left edge of the housing, as shown above.
Keep it straight and press down firmly all along the edges. When you lift up the Bridge Bracket, after
pressing it down, the Hook Velcro will remain in place on the printer.

Keep the Bridge Bracket off for now.

Step 4

- Install Protective Velcro

In the kit there is a small piece of Velcro ¾ x ¾ . Install it on the left edge of the printer in the position
shown below

Step 5

– Prepare Cartridges

Prefilled Carts

On the end of the cartridge tubes, there is a black steel paper clip. Remove this clip and unfold the tubes
so they lay flat. The black paper clip is no longer needed, it was just for shipping purposes. The ends of
the tubes should be split so they can be separated easily. Don’t separate them now.

Empty Carts

The ends of the tubes should be split so they can be separated easily. Separate them back about 6
inches, no more.

If you ordered an empty cartridge set, you must put ink in it before it can be used. There are two ways to
put ink into the carts. Fill from bottom with syringe and bottom fill adapter, or use a vacuum pump. If you
fill from the bottom, then inject ink into the bottom of the cartridge until you just begin to see in at the top
of the cartridge. If you are vacuum filling, follow the instructions that came with the vacuum pump.

Make sure you get the right inks in the right cartridge chambers. The cartridges are marked on top.

After filling the empty cartridges, let them sit on your bench in their installed position for at least 2 hours,
so that any trapped air can rise to the top.