C4580 and incompatible print cartridge(s)

I bought a C4580 Photosmart when I lived in the USA last year. I'm now back in UK and need to get new ink cartridges.  On the HP UK site I get the HP 350XL cartridge as recommended for the C4580. BUT on loading it the printer says Incompatible Print Cartridge(s).  The old one was an HP74.  I've tried the "clean the contacts crap" too. You can't buy HP74 in the UK and the US site won't ship to the UK.  If its the case I can't use a UK HP cartridge that's completely unacceptable, otherwise make it possible to ship the others from the US.
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I bought a C4580 Photosmart when I lived in the USA last year. I'm now back in UK and need to get new ink cartridges.  On the HP UK site I get the HP 350XL cartridge as recommended for the C4580. BUT on loading it the printer says Incompatible Print Cartridge(s).  The old one was an HP74.  I've tried the "clean the contacts crap" too. You can't buy HP74 in the UK and the US site won't ship to the UK.  If its the case I can't use a UK HP cartridge that's completely unacceptable, otherwise make it possible to ship the others from the US.
Just call HP Tech Support in the UK and they will change the regionalization of the printer so that it'll accept HP 350 cartridges.
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