Digital BW, The Print

I am getting black blobs in the darkest areas again with my C86 and
the EZ inkset on EEM. I'm using eboni black for now since I've been
printing on mat paper. I just got the Roark Paper sampler pack from
inksupply.com and have a photo black cartridge to try out on Crane
Silver Rag but I'd like to get rid of the blobs first. I've gone
through 4 nozzle cleanings-there goes half my ink:( the check nozzle
pattern looks good every other time I clean them but I'm still get the
dreaded blobs.

I could upgrade to an Epson C88 or the local Ritz Camera had an Epson
220 last time I was there (but that requires a new cartridge system).
I could end up spending so much on a printer and supplies that the
traditional darkroom is starting to look good to me again. If I was
sure the Epson 2400 would work for me I could save up for it but I
could equip a really nice wet darkroom with that kind of money and
still have a lot of cash leftover. The Epson 1400 is out so I could
wait and see how that is working for people. The HP9180 has had mixed
reviews from other sources but this group is relatively quiet with
respect to that printer.

Help-I'm snowbound and want to make prints;)

Scott