HP Photosmart 7550- fixable?

Our photosmart 7550 recently began malfunctioning.  The print quality is horrible, with random bars of color across the page, and missing segments of print in a random fashion.  We had a slight problem, then the print cartridge carriage kept getting stuck and now the problem is worse.  All ink cratridges are new.  We were wondering if there is anyplace that fixes these printers, or if they can be fixed at all.  We bought a new printer but would like to donate this one, rather than throw it in the landfill.

How is the printer connected?  If to a network, what router?  What operating system?
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