Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone here used third party cartridges in an Epson Stylus Photo 
R290 printer? This is a model sold in Australia, similar to the R280 
but, according to Epson, it uses cartridges with different part numbers 
from the R280.

See http://www.epson.com.au/products/inkjet/stylusPhotoR290.asp for a 
data sheet.

I have one of these, which I have been using for printing CDs and DVDs 
using the standard colour carts, but I'm interested in changing it over 
to a mono inkset.

I'd like to know what sort of cartridge-filling, chip-swapping and 
re-setting I might be up for, and would appreciate any advice.

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Peter Marquis-Kyle