Officejet H470 paper not feeding

[Jabes74]

When I send a print job to the H470 printer, it makes a soft, whirring sound for about one second and does not feed the paper.

     *Only the green power light is blinking.

     *I checked inside the printer, and nothing is seems to be jammed or stuck.  

     *The sound is like a small electric motor stuck something; the paper-feed roller is not moving at all.

I checked earlier posts with similar problems and tried all their suggestions--15 second unplug, clean the black ink reservoir thing and reset the printer, check proper paper settings, etc.--and nothing so far. I would like to hear some feedback from this helpful community before contacting HP support and figuring out if I need to service the printer and if so if it is worth it. Thanks!

[RobertoR]

 Hope you are having a great day;

1st I will share the main support page for your printer GO HERE   I will recomend bookmark the page in your favorite browser this way you will have at your fingertips in the you want to refer to it.   

Unfortunelaly it sounds it may be harware related, Do you know the status of warranty GO HERE to check on warranty status .  

Run this utility to see if it can help from a Win xp or later machine GO HERE download and run HP Hardware Diagnostic Utility : Helps resolve common hardware-related issues.

Let me know the outcome,

Regards;

RobertoR

[Jabes74]

Thanks for your helpful suggestions! I found out that what's causing the problem is this: A small, white, plastic cogwheel came out from inside the printer body while I was physically checking it. I guess this wheel is what is preventing the paper feed machinery from working. So it looks like I need to get my printer serviced.

Now, would sending the printer for an HP service be worth the cost? I could consider it if the total cost is under $75; but over that I don't think it's worth it. Thank you again!

Jabes74