Make sure you have the following materials available:

Dry foam rubber swabs, lint-free cloth, or any soft material that will not come apart or leave fibers.

TIP: Coffee filters are lint-free and work well for cleaning print cartridges.

Distilled, filtered, or bottled water (tap water might contain contaminants that can damage the print cartridges).

CAUTION: Do not use platen cleaners or alcohol to clean the print cartridge contacts. These can damage the print cartridge or the product.

For more information, see:

Clean the print cartridge contacts” on page 101

Cause: The print cartridge contacts needed to be cleaned.

If this did not solve the issue, try the next solution.

Solution 3: Replace the print cartridge

Solution: Replace the indicated print cartridge. You can also remove the indicated print cartridge and print using ink-backup mode.

NOTE: During ink-backup mode, the product can only print jobs from the computer. You cannot initiate a print job from the control panel (such as printing a photo from a memory card).

Check to see if your print cartridge is still under warranty and end of warranty date has not been reached.

If the end of warranty date has been reached, purchase a new print cartridge.

If the end of warranty date has not been reached, contact HP support. Go to www.hp.com/support. If prompted, choose your country/region, and then click Contact HP for information on calling for technical support.

For more information, see:

Print cartridge warranty information” on page 291

Cause: The print cartridge was damaged.

Incompatible print cartridges

Try the following solutions to resolve the issue. Solutions are listed in order, with the most likely solution first. If the first solution does not solve the problem, continue trying the remaining solutions until the issue is resolved.

Solution 1: Check the print cartridge

Solution 2: Contact HP support for service

Troubleshooting

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C4342, C4344 specifications

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