Stylus Photo 1400. To clear out of ink error, which cartridges to replace?

Hogwild

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Hi again. Sorry for the long gap, but I've been swamped with other things.

I replaced C, PM, Y K with older, but genuine never-used Epson cartridges.
The printer is printing, but quality is not good. In particular, the black is not good, and that's one of the cartridges I replaced. I did three nozzle cleanings via the driver, but it's still the same.

I want to do some nozzle cleanings with chemicals, but it's been a long time since I did one, and that was on another printer. I don't want to spend ton of money on commercial cleaning fluid, as it's pricey, and I only intend to clean the heads on this one printer, once... just enough to demo the printer properly so I can sell it. The Windex with ammonia formulation is no longer available where I am. So, what common chemicals are recommended nowadays for cleaning?

Also, there seems to be some difference of opinion about the best method to clean heads/nozzles. Some tell you to push cleaning fluid into the nozzles and others say that's not as safe as pulling ink up into they syringe, which they claim avoids damage. What do you recommend?
 
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Hello.
If you use ORIGINAL (native) EPSON inks, then try the “capillary effect” method.
To do this, do a STANDARD head cleaning, but do not print a nozzle test right away, but leave the printer like that for one day.After a day, print out the nozzle test. Everything should be OK.
I did this after 83 days of downtime in the switched-off state of two printers: Epson 1500W and K301. Two such cleanings were needed. The nozzle test for both printers was OK after this.
 
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Hello.
If you use ORIGINAL (native) EPSON inks, then try the “capillary effect” method.
To do this, do a STANDARD head cleaning, but do not print a nozzle test right away, but leave the printer like that for one day.After a day, print out the nozzle test. Everything should be OK.
I did this after 83 days of downtime in the switched-off state of two printers: Epson 1500W and K301. Two such cleanings were needed. The nozzle test for both printers was OK after this.
Thanks. I'll try it.

If for some reason, it doesn't work, what gauge silicone tubing do I need to buy to attach a syringe to the holes in the print head?

I've printed almost nothing since I installed 4 or 6 new cartridges. And...I just ran out of ink in the other two cartridges. Ugh! IS it just me, or does thing use ink like candy? Is it the cleaning cycles that use so much ink?
 
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