Deskjet F4580 HP60 ink Horizontal Lines, Tried all possible solutions

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I have a HP Deskjet F4580 (Old, I know) that has been sitting in my closet for about a year. I just bought a full amount of new ink for it (and probably paid more for ink than the printer is worth), but while the black ink works fine, the color ink does not, giving me white lines through the color bands on every possible test or diagnostic page that I could possibly print. I have cleaned the cartridges, cleaned the contacts, reset the printer, run print nozzle cleaning, and run alignments. I am at the tipping point of dreaming about all the violent ways that I could possibly dispose of this printer in a way that would make the $75 I spent on ink worth it. ANY suggestions are welcome, but I have spent all of my tech prowess scowering the internet for clues, so please don't suggest a forum search. What baffles me the most is that since multiple cartidges don't work, I would assume the problem to be with the printer itself, yet the black cartridge works fine.
Thank you all,
Ryan
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I would suggest the troubleshooting steps in the document here.  When you print a diagnostic page as shown in solution six are there lines through all three colors in the same place?  If so the issue is almost certainly an electrical contact between the printer and cartridge or a failed cartridge.  To address this I would suggest cleaning the cartridge and printer contacts as shown in the document here.  (This is for a different model but the procedure is the same.) 
If this does not resolve the issue please scan and post the diagnostic page you printed.  Black out the serial number information in line 11. for privacy.
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