Digital BW, The Print

Hello there,

 I contacted the Italian dealer of Piezography to buy inks to convert
my old 740 Epson printer to B&W.

The answer sounded scary: "It would be wise to buy a new printer, it
is a bad procedure to convert an used one. This conversion would block
the heads of the printer in a short period".

Following your experience, I understand there were some successfull
cases of "used printers B&W converted". I'm now a little bit confused...

What's your opinion?

I mean, I discovered the dealer is selling a "starters kit for B&W"
with a new printer and K7 in bundle: could this explain the
"political" answer I got, or it is true that convert to B&W an used
printer could raise "blocking" issues?

Personally, I think it would be better to clean perfectly the printer
and then, for the first days, use it intensively with Piezo inks to
wash out perfectly the system. Don't understand waht could be the
problem if in the past the printer used color inks, considering also
that I'll be obliged to change the ink kit as Piezo needs a spongless one.

Thanks for sharing, again, your experience and ideas.

Cheers,

Stefano