Well, thanks for that kind offer, Alex. Everybody's been pitching in with good ideas! Unfortunately I don't know anyone with a 1400. I'm in central Montana and people are scarce much less 1400 printer owners! The company did ask me to mail them back and they would test these on their computers. The company, MIS, is in Auburn Hills, is that near you? Anyway, they apparently have sold hundreds of these inksets with no trouble. Did I mention my 1400 is a refurb? MIS thinks that might be the problem, although I've never had trouble with refurbs before, in fact some claim they're better because they're carefully gone over so they don't have to see the device come back through their doors again!
And thanks for offer of the carts, someone else made a similar offer... I think what I'll do next is try the Cone carts and proceed from there.
Regards,
Paul