Digital BW, The Print

I believe I've done a mischief to my 1160, and wondering if anyone may 
have a solution ?

After running the old Piezo inks in my 1160 for several years with a 
CIS, with persistent slight micro banding all the while,  I thought I 
would reinstall the Epson color carts to see if the banding would go 
away.

I pulled out the Piezo CIS cart, installed a set of flushing carts, and 
ran a cleaning cycle and "printed" a flush page. Piezo black ink came 
out for several inches.

I put the color carts in, and absolutely nothing printed. Not one 
smudge. Upon closer inspection of the flush carts, I realized they were 
old and dry ! Seems like I ran the heads dry. Oops !  : (

I parked the heads overnight in Windex. No good. I pushed Windex 
through the heads with tube and syringe. No Good. I I pushed Piezo inks 
through the heads. No good.

Is my trusty 1160 toast ? Should I be trusted with a printer ever again 
?

Thanks in advance for your help !


Tom Salyer
Miami
www.tomsalyer.com