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SSHisgood Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
meaning of 'prime'
Sentence:
"Use this menu to prime the cartridges."
I am reading a user manual from a HP product.
Can anyone define it in a simple language? I mean, what's involved in 'priming cartridge? Is it sucking the ink from the cartridge?
Thanks
"Use this menu to prime the cartridges."
I am reading a user manual from a HP product.
Can anyone define it in a simple language? I mean, what's involved in 'priming cartridge? Is it sucking the ink from the cartridge?
Thanks
Top answer
" It is used as an allegory to putting in some effort to getting something started. Water pumps do not work until they are charged with liquid. If you do not prime them, (fill the pump chamber with liquid), they will only pump air.
- " It is used as an allegory to putting in some effort to getting something started.
- Water pumps do not work until they are charged with liquid.
- If you do not prime them, (fill the pump chamber with liquid), they will only pump air.
- In your situation, it means to start the liquid ink flowing from the cartridge to the print head by suction or another method which is built in to the printer.
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The common expression is "priming the pump." It is used as an allegory to putting in some effort to getting something started.
Water pumps do not work until they are charged with liquid. If you do not prime them, (fill the pump chamber with liquid), they will only pump air.
In your situation, it means to start the liquid ink flowing from the cartridge to the print head by sucti
Water pumps do not work until they are charged with liquid. If you do not prime them, (fill the pump chamber with liquid), they will only pump air.
In your situation, it means to start the liquid ink flowing from the cartridge to the print head by sucti
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