Installation: C84 – D88

Release the Case Side

To get to the waste ink tube you need to remove the right side of the case (when looking at printer front). First time is always something of a pain to figure out but once you’ve done it once you realised how simple it is.

There are five tabs that you need to release in order to release the side panel and this order tends to work best:

1. Back tab
   Just push in and lever the panel/case out slightly
2. Underside – 2 retaining clips
   You’ll need to pinch these together and gently pull the panel out a bit more.
3. Internally – 2 tabs
   These are not easy to locate but be careful not to break them off (although it won’t be the end of the world if you do). Just level down slightly and ease out the panel some more on each.

You’ll probably be cursing by the time you get it sussed out as tabs and clips slip back in as you tackle the next one but patience prevails and as noted above, once you’ve done it once it’s easy (well -ish!)

Note: If you do break off the internal tabs don’t panic as the other tabs and clips will hold everything in place anyway but just make sure you remove any broken pieces from the printer internals so they don’t jam anything up

Inside & Panel Modification

Ok, now that you have the side panel off you can see the internals as shown in the image left.

What become immediately apparent is that the tube is guided through a small clip/channel (Marked as B) and then into the printer pads so you need to just gently pull the tubing out from under the pads to get the open end.

DO NOT, under any circumstances try to yank the tube or pull the tubing from the front of the printer. If you do that you’ll potentially break the pump and cancel Christmas!

It’s for this reason that you want to make sure that the tube is braced at the clip/channel so that it can’t be pulled out by accident as you do the next few steps so it’s worth taking the time now to use a hot melt glue gun or find some other way to glue/hold the tube in the clip/channel as shown.

As already noted, the C8x series printer does not have a handy trapdoor for you to redirect the waste tube out through. So, you’re going to need to drill a hole for the tube to come out.

The image left shows the best place to make this hole (C).

Whilst it might be tempting to take a shortcut and just thread the tubing through the vent grills (marked as D) you should avoid this as ink will not all be pumped to the bag and will just seep back into the parking pads, soiling the printheads and creating a mess. In short DON’T!

Note: the reason you have the fitting on the inside of the panel is that it helps stop any accidents with the external bag/tank pulling the tubing off the pump in the printer.

Now, carefully re-align and push the panel back into place, being careful not to kink the tube.

Note #2: Any kinks or folding in the tube will stop ink from flowing to the external bag/tank so take your time.

Finished

With the panel in place you now just connect your bag or external tank to the end of the tubing and then test the kit is working (if you haven’t already).