Digital BW, The Print

I post this with a a bit of hesitation as recently some of us have 
been accused of taking sides for or against a certain product. But to 
be honest I really don't care about that. These problems are causing 
people to spend hard earned money so here goes.

I had the Epson Imation Tech in my office for teh past 2 days 
aligning my Epson 10000. It has some banding with black ink only. He 
needed to use hios computer to do the alignment as it was highly 
critical.

He saw saw some of my 20x24 prints hanging in the office and asked me 
about my how I was making them. I explained that I use MIS FS inks 
with the 7000. He asked me where he could find info on the FS inks. I 
asked why, he told me he has another customer in Central Florida in 
the Orlando area who has been using the Piezo Inks. That this person 
is running them on a 7000 and his printer heads.nozzles have become 
so severely clogged with sludge that they must be replaced.

Deja Vu!  I went through the exact same problem 6 months ago.

Folks, I will harp on this until the end of time if the maufacturers 
do not change their ink formulae. There is suffucient evidence from 
substantial sources that indicate the Piezo inks may be responsible 
for these head problems. I had to replace the heads and dampers on my 
7000 6 months ago after 6 months of Piezo Ink use. I was given every 
reason in the book as to why my printers problem was not THEIR inks 
fault. 

In 6 months of using the MIS FS inks, I have no sludge and no clogs.

My point, let the buyer beware. I hope this saves someone else from 
paying hard earned dollars to repair their printer. If you don't 
agree, fine, just don't kill the messenger.

Mike