a 30 micron long lumen can draw 636 pl of a 10 cps ink with a 2 inch water vacuum created at the ink reservoir this accommodates jetting 10 pl drops at 63 6 khz capturing 0 1 of the ink the vacuum at the apertures can increase substantially due to the actuator displacement during the fill stage of jetting in which the vacuum is created by the actuator as well as the vacuum in the reservoir in embodiments the apertures are provided in a pattern that surrounds the nozzle opening the apertures are spaced a distance s so that fluid does not collect adjacent the nozzle opening where it would influence drop ejection in embodiments the apertures are spaced closely adjacent the nozzle periphery for example in embodiments spacing is about 200 or less e g 50 or less e g 20 or less of the nozzle width in embodiments apertures are positioned at greater spacing from the nozzle periphery e g 200 to 1000 or more of the nozzle diameter in embodiments the apertures can be provided at various spacings including closely spaced apertures and apertures of greater spacing in embodiments there are three or more apertures associated with each nozzle in particular embodiments the apertures have a width of about 30 or less e g 20 or less or 5 or less than the nozzle width the vacuum on the apertures during fluid withdrawal is about 0 5 to 10 inwg or more the nozzle width is about 200 micron or less e g 10 to 50 micron the ink or other jetting fluid has a viscosity of about 1 to 40 cps multiple nozzles are provided in a nozzle plate at a pitch of about 25 nozzles inch or more e g 100 300 nozzles inch.