Digital BW, The Print

>I have left my MIS ink in my Epson 1280 for 1 year without making a print.
...

You'll be lucky if you can save that one.

I am using a 2200 that was stored that way for probably about the same
amount of time.  Cleaning cycles did nothing.  What finally worked were
carts with Windex in them.  After sitting several hours, the nozzles were
clean.  I was amazed.  I'm told the ammonia in the Windex is too strong to
leave in the heads for very long, but if nothing else works, there isn't
much harm in leaving it as long as it takes.  (Use cheap glossy paper to see
the nozzle check lines if all the ink is out of the head.)

Good luck.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com