Replaceable ink delivery tube system for large format printer

A large format printer comprising:

• a) a moveable printhead carriage having a plurality of printheads thereon;
• b) a plurality of ink reservoirs on said printer;
• and
• c) a replaceable ink delivery tube system for delivering ink from said reservoirs to said printheads, said replaceable system comprising:
• 1) a plurality of bundled flexible ink delivery tubes;
• 2) a printhead connector affixed to an ink delivery end of each of said tubes, said printhead connector having resilient finger engageable tabs thereon attaching said printhead connector to said printhead carriage, said tabs being engageable with recesses in said printhead carriage, said printhead connector also having frangible lockout tabs thereon to permit connection of said printhead connector only to mating printheads, selected ones of said tabs being removed whereby the remaining tabs are received in mating recesses on selected printheads to prevent incorrect printheads from being inadvertently attached to said printhead connector;
• and
• 3) an ink reservoir connector affixed to an ink supply end of each of said tubes;
• said ink reservoir connector having lockout means thereon to permit connection of said ink reservoir connector only to ink reservoirs having mating lockout means thereon.