Printer carraige of hp photosmart 475 has jammed at the far end

The print haed is held in position with a locking lever and the ink cartridges are clipped into the printhead.
Yes you can purchase a new print head BUT the cost of a print head is expensive. I suggest you put your money towards a new and better printer, it may not cost mush more that a new printhead if you can get one.

Might be service station jammed.Service station work is to clean the print heads,stores spitting ink init as we as capping the print heads to protect from the nozzle drying..After switching off the machine service station capping the print heads and arrest the carriage assm for protecting the print heads, in this condition carraige assm wont come out until its released by service station. Its required expert to release the service station, if you force to pull it will damages the print heads.. You justify what you can do for this issue...If you are capable do it...But care fully

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Is the brand and model of your printer an HP Photosmart 475?

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Carraige rod is the rod that holds the cartridges and moves while printing on the paper and spreads ink on the paper and if this rod is jammed it is known as carraige jam.
Please follow the below steps.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01423360&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3204464

Please open this link and follow the steps.

If still the issue persists, please follow the below steps.
STEP 1.
1. Un plug the power chord from the back of the printer.
2. Press and hold the power button of the printer.Wait for 30 seconds.
3. While holding the power button, re-plug the power cable.
4. Turn on the printer, if it is not on.

STEP 2.
Reset the All-in-One to the factory default settings by using these instructions:

1. Unplug the power cable from printer when the printer is powered on.

2. Press and hold OK and HELP buttons while plugging in the power cord.

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Please take care and KEEP SMILING.

perform the steps in the webpage:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00786043&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=1153494

Unplug the power for about 5 min and then try again.
Make sure there is no paper or any other objects blocking the carraige (it's where the ink cartridges sit on).
Last resort would be to take it to a printer repair shop.

I just purchased new hp cartidges and I still get error massage cartidge #57 needs to be replaced.

The line on the printing at the end or far right of the sentence (like the last 3 or 4 words are faded)

this is for hp 7550 photosmart

Don't despair! =) If you lubricate the metal rod with a Wd40 pen, it works like a champ. It only gets the lubricant where you need it, unlike a spray which you do not want to use in your printer. Have printed photos flawlessly after this so far, definitely worth trying. =)

If you can move the cartridge carrier, move it all the way to the left, turn the printer off and then on again.

Your printer may not be parking the cartridge completely so check the area that the cartridge rests over when parked for a sponge or wiper that is out of place.

I've pulled broken light bulbs, paper clips among the many things that can cause the cartridge from parking in the rest stop.

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Worldvet