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‎04-11-2018 02:42 PM

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Product: Officejet 5610

Hello, I own a veteran HP Officejet 5610 which worked fine for my father and me for like 10 years or more. Now I can't get rid of cartridge errors. Sometimes it asks to reinstall the right cartridge, sometimes both, and sometimes to refer to the documentation. The cartridge installed are original not recharged and long empty #22 (left) and freshly recharged 27b (right; non-original cartridge was also tried but it made even worse errors). In fact, the device is working: if I push "Ok" and "Cancel" simultaneously, I get very clear self-test report, and it's possible to send on print something from computer (but sometimes it refuses to). I have dismantled the printer, vacuum-cleaned it and washed finely all the contacts on holder and cartridges, then put it all back, but I can't get rid of the lamp blinking and screen displaying error messages. Is there any chance to restore convenient behavour?

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