Carriage Jam on C7180 All-In-One

I had a functioning all-in-one until I tried to clear a paper jam.  After removing most of the paper from the back as instructed I noticed a few bits under one of the rollers and had to use a tweezers to remove it from the front. I am stil getting a "clear carriage jam" message and the printer will not shut down properly. Prior to this the only snafu was that the printer would not always accept the command to print "fast draft" from some internet sites.
So far, I have tried disonnecting the printer and insepecting it from the back and the front. I cannot see any paper remnants inside. Any ideas on something else I might try?
Denny
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Following this document was the key. On one of the steps I saw the carriage return move freely left and then dock on the right. I then gently moved it left and voila a crunched up piece of paper became visible. I would NEVER  have been able to find it without moving the carriage return from its docked position on the right.
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