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Error message "cartridge problem" . When I acquired printer had same problem, after fiddling with cartridges problem solved by taping exposed ends of ink cartridges. Worked fine till I needed to change out ink cartridges. Now taping ends of cartridges does not help. Yellow is the cartridge with problem. I've cleaned contacts on cartridge, their spring contacts on printhead, the flat contacts on backside if printhead and the spring loaded contacts on the printhead carriage. Still have error message "cartridge problem". Printhead is a little pricey, I'd like to repair circuit board or replace if new board is available.  This printer uses 950 black and 951tri-colors. Any and all thoughts welcomed. Thanks in advance.

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@George242

Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.
 

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help,
I understand you are getting Cartridge problem error while printing. I appreciate your efforts to try and resolve the issue. 
If you have already performed the steps from the document Ink cartridge errors: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04100778 and the issue persists, it could be a hardware failure.
 

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