HP C4180 Won't Print Anything

Hello,
I've got a Photosmart C4180 that I use with my Toshiba laptop running Windows XP. My wife was printing some invitations she is making when all of the sudden it just stopped printing anything. She was only printing in black/white, but it won't print anything. She tried replacing the black printer cartridge to no avail. Now I can't get it to print the Test Report (it acts like it is, but there is nothing on the page). When I clean the cartridges nothing prints. When I align the cartridges nothing prints and I get a cartride alignment error, but I am assuming that is because it isn't printing anything and thus doesn't have anything to check the alignment of.
Can anyone help me with this? I'm usually able to get it working, but not this time. What happens to new print cartridges past their expiration date? I'm not sure how "old" this new one is since my wife threw out the container it was in before I was called onto the scene.
Thanks

Hello eschwach,
It's been a few months, but I think the culprit wound up being the "new" print cartridge was too old and didn't work properly. I think it was about a year past it's expiration date (never knew print cartridges had expiration dates). Anyway I went out and bought a new one and it worked fine.
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