I THINK I need the printhead carriage assembly, but I can't find a picture of the part. The problem is when I was replacing my color cartrige a spring in the carriage broke and now the prnter doesn't recognize that I have a new color cartriage installed. Any suggestions?
Go to this link; http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/search_Product.asp?mscssid=17EX7SD0VLP29KJQHKS114FKHRGEF1C7&SearchCriteria=C8165A&Smethod=1&sRefAsp=Search_Multi_Product select "carriage" under "search by keyword" the part number is: C8165-67061 listed at $61.85 and available. Pretty sure you are right about the spring and this should solve the problem. If you contact them, although it is not listed on the site, it may be possible to just get the broken part, but that would surprise me. Hope this helps :)
Posted on Jun 27, 2007
PS - these guys also sell it;
http://www.ezsystems.com/frames/test/sea...
http://www.partshere.com/online/detail.a...
But slightly more expensive, type the part number into google and you will see plenty more suppliers too. No pictures though :)
found one picture, but so small it might not help at all;
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
:)
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I have the same problem but with my black cartridge. I found a photo showing the problem. My question is does this part include the flexible circuit board at the back? I think mine is damaged.

Have a great 9800 that won't print in color because of this exact defect.
I have the same problem with the black ink cartridge spring. There was a very small little plastic tab that held the spring in place and somehow the tab broke off when I was changing the ink cartridge and now it won't print because the spring falls down and doesn't stay where it should. I suppose if I knew it was that fragile I would have been much more careful when replacing the cartridge. Obviously I was not that careful and now that the spring won't stay in place my printer won't print with both ink cartridges installed. I'm trying a fix with that good old standby-- J-B Weld! I have a great deal of confidence that this will fix the problem. That's the way we do things where I am from. HP should be ashamed of themselves for designing such a Mickey Mouse flimsy part. It is inexcusable.
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