Digital BW, The Print

Dear Mike. 6x 110 mL bottles would be 660mL of ink and 22.31 fluid ounces of liquid not “slightly less than 4 Oz.” The individual cost of 4 oz of Piezography ink is closer to $50.00 and the cost difference reflects the service that we provide to support over 400 different printer and ink combinations and over 1200 curves and over 600 individual secondary products like carts, chips, and maintenance products many of which end up being used by MIS ink customers . . . . all spanning decades . . . . please do not distorted the cost difference. We do not provide a diluted ink because we make ink a different way. We also filter the ink (each shade individually after production) 5 times through sub micron filters and we match the micro-encapsulated pigment viscosity and weight with a very complex carrier base that is unique to each pigment! This is required for good ink that doesn’t clog or fill dampers with micro-filimit or agglomerated particles from manual mixing and no filtering. This is why we do not sell a K+dillution and is why we never say that one carrier base is capable of handling all pigments equally. It is also why we sell our own carts and accessories that we’ve tested with our ink chemistry. Our ink will go through some inferior tubes and plastics just like OEM inks do. In the long run, non-encapsulated non-filtered ink will cost much more in printer maintenance than any other inks that might be more expensive (oem or non-oem). Sorry to sound angry there. I really needed to correct the record. I understand that the 4oz of K ink can stretch a long way when diluted at home but the real-world cost difference between the products is not nearly as vast when factoring near and long-term use and quality/support infrastructure.

Regards, 
Walker



> On Jul 21, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Brubaker family brubaker_family@yahoo.com [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I've read several reviews of the IJM Piezography inks and they have tended to be very favorable. I've ordered some non ink products from them and their service and support has been good. The problem for me as a hobbyist printer is the cost difference. A full set of six 110ml bottles of Piezography for my 1439 (slightly less than 4 0z.) costs in the vicinity of $250. A 4 oz. bottle of MIS Eeboni 1.1 matte black costs $30. With that bottle of MK ink I can make enough of the Eboni 6 inks to last me a very long time. So despite the quality of the IJM Piezography product, it just isn't a cost effective alternate for me.
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> Mike Brubaker
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