Lots of clicking noise and then print fails

I am an elderly Brit, so I hope you'll be kind to me!
I use a Pixma MP540 printer and my current task is to print out some vacation details from the tour operator. Two of four succeeded, but the next one keeps failing, the printer talling me to load paper to the rear tray. The printer is set to default and should print from automatically chosen source on plain paper. The second profile is one for printing photos from the rear tray, and so only loaded as and when needed.
I have not had any problem before, and I have even substituted "cassette" for " automatic" as paper source.
Can anyone suggest what could be the cause of my frustration? Please! Might the printer itself be faulty?

Please follow these steps to take the cartridges out.
Touch the Icon and indicated on the pic.
It will come up with a screen which looks like this
Touch on the black cartridge icon and it will display " moving black cartridge to front".
Now open the cartridge door and remove the black toner.
Close the door and touch the cyan and it will move it to the front and you will have to open the door again and take the cyan out, close the door again and repert the process for magenta and yellow.
And when you want to reinstall them the same steps have to be repeated.
Do let me know the results
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Please follow these steps to take the cartridges out.
Touch the Icon and indicated on the pic.
It will come up with a screen which looks like this
Touch on the black cartridge icon and it will display " moving black cartridge to front".
Now open the cartridge door and remove the black toner.
Close the door and touch the cyan and it will move it to the front and you will have to open the door again and take the cyan out, close the door again and repert the process for magenta and yellow.
And when you want to reinstall them the same steps have to be repeated.
Do let me know the results
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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Make it easier for other people to find solutions, by marking my answer with "Accept as Solution" if it solves your issue.

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Hey @acr520,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you're hearing a clicking noise when printing from your HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Printer. I would like to offer my assistance today with resolving this issue. Now, even though the print quality is perfect on your printed documents there is a chance that your cartridges may be incorrectly seated, or the carriage within your printer may be experiencing issues. The carriage is the part that moves from left to right inside your printer as the cartridges print. Can I please have you follow the steps below to check the ink system and carriage assembly within your printer.
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