Digital BW, The Print

they are sadly misinformed. It's safe to say everyone here using a 3rd
party ink set loaded them into a "used" one.
Perhaps they are new to all of this?

Tyler


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fabozzism"
<fabozzism@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>