WHY DOES MY HP PSC 1610 MAKES A CLICKING/CLANKING SOUND WHEN STARTING TO PRINT STILL PRINTS

Mechanical clutch fault, availability of this spare & replacing is very difficulty.., This mechanism is very delicate & complecated.. Better go for new printer..

Print head nozzles are clogged,go to tool box select clean print heads, do the process 2,3 times check if not resoled replace print head

Here's a good starting point for what you're seeing.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00317950&tmp_task=solveCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=390315

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Thanks fixya.com
You helped me CLEAN the HP PSC 1610
it had MASIVE amounts of waisted ink
in the area that it WANTS to waste ink
to keep the cartridges FLOWING...
BUT... NOW ... HERE IS A SOLUTION TO
THE CLICKING NOISE
THE RATCHIT NOISE
HP PSC 1610 NOISE
It seems that HP (as with most all manufacturers)
has DESIGNED-IN A PART THAT WILL BREAK ! ! !
PICTURE ATTACHED
explanation...
opened the mid section of the printer
moved the ink holder module to the far left
pushed the cleaning tray
(it moves to you and away from you)
away towards the rear of the machine
used masive amounts of isopropyl alcohol
and an old toothbrush
to clean most of the gunk ink buld-up
(started with q-tips but it was not enough)
After cleaning ... the machine worked again...
BUT
that noise was still there
after carefull inspection
I saw the problem
there was a hairline crack in a small plastic part
above a rotating gear
when the carriage came to the right
it was suposed to move that part
off or away from the gear
but because it was cracked
it did not move properly
SOLUTION
crazy glue or super glue
and shim to hold in place while drying
(maby heat with a light bulb while drying)
SEE ATTACHED PHOTO WITH NOTES....
JIM

Go into Printer "Properties" look for "Print in Greyscale" set it to OFF, OR set to color,either way

The print job properties screens vary depending upon your OS and the version of your printer software. When you click "Print..." from the File menu in an application, the current job properties come up. You need to look for a box that you can tick or un-tick that has to do with reversing the print order of the resulting pages.

Go to printer under control panel and view properties for that printer, click anything that says default settings.
Is this on one document and application only. Is it the print settings of the document?

your black print cartridges has been dried, these need to replace.

For reliable wireless printing I setup an IP address on the printer. Then you can print from any device on that network.

hello friend u have problem in logice card of the printer so u need to replace the logice card of the printer .