| What is CFS? - The Cartridge Eliminator, or Continuous Flow System, is an attachment for a printer
that allows the printer to draw ink from a set of outboard ink bottles to keep the cartridges in the printer full at
all times. When installed, the cartridges will never have to be replaced. For every drop of ink that
goes out, onto the paper, a new drop comes in from the bottles. The print head, in the printer, has
enough suction power to make this happen. It is accomplished by using flexible plastic tubes to connect
the ink bottles and the cartridges. When the ink levels get low, just top them off and keep printing.
It is used for applications where a large volume of printing
is needed without spending a fortune on inkjet cartridges. The typical operating cost of a printer
with a Continuous Flow installed, is about 1/10 the normal cost. The printer manufacturers use a similar approach
for their wide format printers. |
