Printhead appears to be missing, not detected or incorrectly installed

hp officejet 6699 won't print - gives message "printhead appears to be missing, not detected or incorrectly installed."   I have unplugged as instructed and that did not work.  I replaced all of the cartridges and that did not work.  It's over a year out of warranty and I don't know where to take it.  I didn't want to have to buy a new one just yet.  Is approx 2 years the life of an all-in-one now??   Can anyone tell me what to try?  Thanks!

Hi pip3, Can you remember what you were doing when the error occured? Was there a specific event that triggered the message? Did you unplug the printer while it was switched on to reset it (documented here)? Please let me know if you resolve your issue, otherwise I will try to help you troubleshoot further. Many Thanks,Francheska

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    HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Printer - N911a
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    Please help!

    Hi @AjoyBrooks,
    Welcome to the HP Forums! 
    I see that you are getting the Error message, "The Printhead appears to be missing, not detected, or incorrectly installed." On your HP Officejet 8600. I am sorry that this has occured, but I am happy to help!
    Please take a look through this printhead guide. A 'Missing or Failed Printhead' Error Message Displays on the Printer after Installing a New Printhe....
    Hope this guide helps, and please let me know if you have any further issues!
    RnRMusicMan
    I work on behalf of HP
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  • Error message:printhead appears to be missing, not detected, incorrectly installed or incompatible

    new error message: "printhead appears to be missing, not detected, incorrectly installed or incompatible". I already tried restarting several times and have uninstalled and reinstalled all of the ink cartridges. Still receive same error mesage.

    Hey walter,
    I would advise performing the steps in the document linked below that addresses the printhead failure message you are receiving in this printer model.  Let me know how these steps go.
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02899429&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc...
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