HP Officejet 8500 continually runs a maintenance check

My HP Office Jet 8500 is rumming a system check and tells me not to push any buttons or turn it off. Problem is that it has been doing that for 3 days. Can anyone help?

I would suggest turning it off, and f that does not respond pull the power plug and then wait 30 seconds, reapply power and turn it back on.
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