Digital BW, The Print

After letting it sit idle for a few months it's time to get the Epson 7600 a friend gave me going again.  I received it with partly filled cartridges  -- filled with MIS UT7 inks, which my friend reported resulted in chronic clogging.  I plan on using the Carbon 6 system.

The printer arrived with the carts in a separate box, where they have sat for the last several months.  They appear to be the MIS refillable carts; my friend actually bought the printer outfitted with UT7 from MIS.  Apparently, it was a printer they used.

I mixed up a batch of Paul Roark's base clear solution last night and filled the carts with enough to dilute the remaining ink.  I'm trying to avoid, or at least put off, buying a set of empty carts.  I'd rather spend the money on ink and paper.

My plan is to run some of the diluted ink through the printer to make sure it's firing on all cylinders, then draw out as much as I can from the carts and replace it with base solution until it's basically running clear through the printer.  Then, finally draw out as much clear solution as I can and replace it with C6 ink.  Time consuming for sure, but it's already sat idle for 6 months so what's a few more weeks.

The questions are:  1) Is this a smart way to do it, for someone who's too cheap to buy a spare set of carts?  2)  Are there any problems I can expect to encounter considering the printer has sat idle for half a year without carts plugged in?

Thanks in Advance!

Ken Alexander