Digital BW, The Print

I have just about decided to close down my chemical darkroom at least 
for a while. I have actually taken the batteries out of my N90X and 
it will sit quietly in the closet with only a mild whimper every once 
in a while.
I'd love to have a high end epson for printing, but I think that in 
order to see how much I like digital printing versus chemical I 
should start more modestly.
Paul R. amongst others has suggested that an Epson C88+ is not a bad 
place to start.
They are also cheap as dirt right now so that is not a bad place to start.
I little advice is I may ask.
So I have the printer and have not opened the box.
It comes with cartridges, but I'm thinking that since this will be 
dedicated to B&W, it is not worth it to pump any of the color stuff 
through the lines?
What say you?
I have read Paul's webpages on the C88.  A lot of it I will not 
really understand until I actually work through it, however, that 
leads me to my second question.
I would like to be able to buy cartridges and refill them myself.
Can someone please recommend what I should buy as a starting point? 
cartridges, inks, quantities, nifty little tools that enable me to 
refill ink cartridges etc.
Please correctly I assume that I am such a digital newbie that the 
obvious may not be so obvious.
Thank You.

;-)Derek