Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mike:

Assuming that the R280 has refilleable cartridges available for it:  
You need a set of cartridges, a chip resetter, a bottom fill adaptor  
(or two, they are easy to lose), and a syringe and needle for each  
colour. Yes the needles are reuseable. You could use one needle for  
light cyan and cyan if you were careful, for example, but these  
things are cheap.

The best strategy for economical use of these cartridges is to top up  
all of them when you have to refill any one of them. Also, when you  
fill one for the first time, you will use the bottom fill adaptor to  
pull ink out of the cartridge (so there is no air in the bottom of  
the cartridge). You will have already punctured the bottom hole.

Chips can go bad; I'd suggest you have a few old ones from the  
original epson cartridges put away just in case. They are easily  
interchangeable.

Inksupply has pages that cover all this I believe.

Leslie Otterbein

On Mar 9, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Mike Johnston wrote:

>
> I have been printing B/W only on Epson printers for a while
> and decided to take the plunge and refill the cartridges.
> I have An Epson R280.
> I read the instructions on the Inksupply .com web site and order a  
> bottle.
> Being naive I expected to get a box wither everything I needed.
> I didn't.
> So I am asking for help.
> Is there a web site that has more detailed instructions?
> Do I need to buy
> Syringes
> Needles
> The Bottom fill adaptor
> Other?
> Do I need on syringe or one for each ink?
> Are the needles and syringes reusable?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Mike J.

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