Won't print. Screen keeps saying to press Enter to align cartridges but nothing happens

Something seems to be physically wrong in the mechanism.

Try the rolling wheels and the belt on which the cartridges run.

You press Enter , but the error message does not go away ? You have to bypass the cartridge alignment -

1. Press and hold the Setup button.
2. Press the Options button. The printer should be ready to print.

Once you replace a cartridge on a 2210 ya page prints and you must put that page on the scanner window and then press enter. Your computer will go through a calibration to align the print head. once this is done you can throw away the paper and printing will be normal

I have found that if I put in an old aligned page the printer reads it as and the alignment is accepted. As for the cancelled message being in the window, I have had this problem too. I've ignored it and selected the copy button and it took the command. The only problem with hitting cancel is that you cannot turn off your printer. Every time you do you have to repeat the aligning and cancellation process.

Try removing the ink cartridges and cleaning the electrical both on the ink and iside the unit with some rubbing alcohol and qtip then reseat them back into the unit and see if that works

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after each alignment you press enter key or start key not cancel key,

Try the following button sequence on the front panel of the printer :

Press and hold the Setup, button, and then press Options (or Copy Options).

You can also bypass the alignment. When the message for alignment displays on the display => Press Setup and Options (or Copy Options ) simaltanious.The last known alignment is used when the alignment is bypassed.

PRESS SET UP & OPTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. WILL CLEAR MESSAGE.