HP 6110 Machine keeps ticking, cartridge is in place, will not stop ticking. Tried the solution of cleaning glass inside and out, pressing buttons as the machine comes back on... etc, still keeps on ticking. I believe it is the stepping motor?. Any suggestions on where I can purchase a Mitsumi M35SP-9T stepping motor? Or, any other suggestions on fixing?

TIME TO REPLACE THE UNIT

Hi Melvin,

This could be due to faulty, low ink level or Scanner glass not clean.

Remove the cartridge and Clean the electrical contacts ( tiny golden contacts ) with lint free cloth. Open the scanner glass and wipe the glass for any dust particules.
Turn off the printer ( without cartridges )and turn on. It should prompt you to install cartridges for alignment.

You can also try cleaning Cartridges from Front panel

Press Setup button ( menu button )
Scroll to Tools - Press ok
Check for Clean Cartridges/Printhead - Press OK
IT will clean the cartridge contact and print the alignment sheet which you need to place face down on the scanner glass and press OK

Regards,
Sean

turn printer on/off, unplug, plug in, should reset configs.

take all the paper out, put half as much back in.
check the rollers to make sure no paper or particles are stuck.

go to applications folder for your computer, dbl click printer icon for make of printer. check settings. print 'test document and clean cartridge heads', this should ensure proper printing formats.

lastly, go to web site of printer model and check site for trouble shooting if this does not work above. HP has an awesome web site for trouble shooting problems
hope this helps and good luck

after align test page have you put on scanner glass and press the scan button to finish the align process. It is necessary to after aligning the page it need to scan with the scanner. Otherwise it keeps pop up.
Hope this helps. Please rate my response.
Thanks.
Have a good day.

The solution to your problem can be found here. Enjoy!

To align the cartridge from the control panel:

Please follow the steps given below:

1. Please Load a plain paper.
2. Press and hold the "Scan" button for three seconds.
3. An alignment page prints.
4. Place the alignment page onto the scanner glass.
5. Press the "Scan" button.
6. Once scanning is complete, the cartridge has been aligned for optimal print quality. Alignment must be complete before continuing with any print jobs.

I just noticed in the link to your forum item that additional text appears that does not appear in the item itself. It looks like you are getting a message telling you to press Enter to align your print carriage. This is a common step after you replace an ink cartridge. According to HP.com, here's what you are supposed to do:

"A message will appear in the front panel display requesting that the ink cartridges be aligned. Press Enter to start the cartridge alignment. Two pages will print. Following the instructions printed on the second page, place the first page on the scanner glass in the lower-right corner and then press Enter to finish aligning the cartridges. Remove the page from the scanner glass when complete".

The link to those instructions is as follows:

Replace the Print Cartridge

Just follow the instructions I posted above in italics and you should be good to go. Good luck.

press the cancel button after you on the printer and wait a movement till the cartridges adjust and settle inside.

Press and hold the Enter button, and then press Menue.
Also visit
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpu00657#Bypass_Alignment

Thanks to Silly Girl, I've got my HP6110 working again! Though to be honest, I almost gave up after trying out her suggestion by cleaning the glass and it did not work. I then removed the slider unit from the belt and realized that two of the mirrors were foggy. Again I cleaned them with a swab & windex, hooked them back up and... still the same problem. Luckily, I didn't give up. I took the whole thing apart again and this timecleaned the camera lens with a swab and it finally worked!!! So with Silly Girl's permission... if I may paraphrase her steps and add a couple to it in case people followed her steps and still did not work. 1. Disconnect the printer from all cables. 2. Remove all the screws that hold the glass panel (you do not need to remove the one screw that's on the left hand side, in the middle). 3. Remove the plastic panel that's over the buttons just by popping it up using a knife or something similar. 4. Extract the keyboard from the inside by unhooking the lock that's on the bottom right of the keyboard (close to the center)and slide the whole board to the left.
5. Then lift the upper unit with the glass panel and place it in the back standing up. 6. You can now reach the inside of the glass and clean it with a window cleaner using a dry clean cloth. 7. While you're at it, push that slider unit to the left and lift it out; the left side of the metal rod is not screwed in. 8. Remove the black slider unit by unhooking the belt from the slider unit and gently pull out the electrical harnest cable (you might want to mark one side with a permanent marker to remember which side when you re-attached the cable). 9. Gently and carefully pop open the cap on the bottom side. 10. Once it's opened, you'll see about 4 mirrors inside and a camera lens. Dip a couple of swabs in windex and GENTLY clean and dry all mirrors and camera lens. 11. Carefully re-install everything by retracing your steps. 12. Reset unit by pressing the # and the 6 keys together while plugging in the power. If you follow all the 12 steps, I guarantee the problem will be fixed and be just like new. Thanks again Silly Girl for the wonderful tip.