Lyson Quad CIS for Epson stylus photo 950

[kryn_sporry1]

Guys,

 

I own an Epson stylus photo 950 printer (I think the US variant is

the 960). Recently I am starting to run out of ink. One of the

cartridges is already empty so now I cannot print anymore (epson

does not allow you to continue printing, even text, if one cartridge

is empty). The others are pretty low as well (I guess I use my ink

quite efficiently with all tones used regularly). Rather than buy

new epson ink, I was thinking about buying a new R1800 for colour

printing and keep this one and dedicate it to B&W. I was thinking

about getting teh Lyson Quad-black neutral ink set, and probably as

bulk CIS system to save myself some money on the long run.

However, I first need to flush the channels. Lyson has cleaning

cratridges, but I don't really want to buy 7 of them because they

are 10GBP each! I was wondering if it is possible to buy just one

cleaning cartridge and use that one for flushing all channels one by

one. Is this possible? I understood that I need to perform form

feeds and nozzle checks until the nozzle checks come out clear. If

this is possible that would safe me a sh!t load of money on cleaning

cartridges that i will use only once anyway...