hp printer f4440 series makes a rachet sound when first turned on and when a new printout starts

[LouLou19321]

The printer ink gauge showed empty, The cartridge was actually almost full.  I removed the cartridge and reinstalled it.  Then when I tried to print a page, printer made a "rachet" sound.  I removed and reinstaled cartridge and it did the same thing. I turned printer off and when I turned it on it made that same sound and went through  the adjustments normal to setting up a printing. There was a printout but each time but before printing it would make that same loud "rachet" sound.

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[Dvortex]

Hello, @LouLou19321 – Hope you are well 🙂
 

Thanks for reaching out to HP Support Forums! It is a great platform to get help from the community, get suggestions and find what has worked for others!

I understand that your printer is making a loud noise while printing. This is normally caused when the carriage movement or the paper pick is blocked somehow. I would suggest you clean the carriage path and the rollers to try and fix this issue.

Go to http://hp.care/2lbwHsS and [perform the “Solution 3”. Once done, go to http://hp.care/2lbxWZ7 and again perform the “Solution 3” to clean the rollers.

Please let me know if this resolves the issue, or if you require further assistance.

Good luck 🙂

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