Digital BW, The Print

Hello from a Nooby(more or less). Five years ago I retired, closed my
wet lab and started  printing black only with an Epson 1160. A year
later when an illness and two household moves doused that passion the
1160 was a lightly used printer that was put in a box  without
flushing or cleaning it in any way. It has been there for over two years.

Is there any hope for it?  Will Epson refurb it even at any price? Is
there a clean printer head in a repair shop drawer someplace that
would bring it back to life? I have been watching eBay for a while now
hoping to see one of those "new in the box " listings where someone
died after it was ordered,. Can I recapture that golden time in my
life or just give up. Even after reading everything I can find by Paul
Roark and Clayton Jones, I can't figure out how to get back on the
merry-go-round. 

This Rip van Winkle is rapidly approaching 80 years old with 3 great
grand kids to shoot and 100s of  real Tri-X  negatives - some medium
format and many 4x5 landscapes to scan and print. I'm Ok with the
scanner. I have no need to print glossy or color, only matte paper 13
inches wide. I don't have time for a steep learning curve.

I will listen to every idea presented.
Thank you for your help.

Steele in Texas