Loud rat-at-tat-tat noise in my J4680 All-in-One

My HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One has suddenly developed an terrible LOUD rat-at-tat-tat sound. It sounds like something plastic ratcheting against something. It's so loud, it sounds like it's about to break.
It happens when I turn the printer on and also, when it gets ready to print and when it realigns. It prints OK - there is no paper jam and a Test Sheet prints OK. The sound seems to be coming from under the area where the cartriges sit when they are ready to print.
The print has has light use and not been abused.
HELP...Any ideas as to what is wrong an how to fix it?

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