I just took my HP 3310 Photosmart out of the box after about 7 years (don't ask why). When I began the initialization to calibrate printer and print test page, I get an error code for ink failure 0xc18a0002. The printer then tells me I have expired ink cartridges. I purchased new 02 cartridges and printer says I need to install cartridges shipped with printer. I put in original cartridges and get same message. I contact HP, I am way out of warranty and my free or paid call (they can't or wont help). I am in a catch-22 with printer that will not take new cartridges and will not take original cartridges due to being expired. The printer will not allow me to access any menus or tools because it first needs to initialize, which it will not do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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