HP Photosmart 8250 color issues

Ive read all the threads about color issues on the 8250. Most have no responses. A couple had tips on what to try and I've tried them all. Ive cleaned the heads, ran maintenance, aligned heads, turned it off and on. Ive cleaned the heads so many times Ive used half of my ink on two cartridges. I just spent $50 on a completely new set of ink cartridges and just replaced them all. Each time I do the head cleaning the colors get worse.
I'm about ready to throw this thing out the window. This is the 3rd printer we have purchased in the last 7 years from HP and I will probably never buy another again! It seems they always have a similar problem like this and always during Christmas when I'm trying to do a bunch of printing!
Does anyone know what else to do? I'm assuming the head is bad or something but how can I tell for sure. Or..is there a way to manually clean it. I dont want to spend any more money on this thing...its starting to become cheaper to just replace it again but it seems pretty ridiculous for these printers to only last a couple year.

Hi,
You can logon to your ePrint account to check. Most likely due to no inks. Replace color ink cartridges will help.
FYI: I ran few tests over the weekend on my loan 7510 (with one empty color cartridge) it refused to print at the beginning but it printed a document after that.
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