Officejet 8500a false paper jam issue

Hi any one who can help me,
I have a 8500a which is just out of warrenty and is now one big paper weight.
Basically gone through all the steps of cleaning the printer yet it still keeps coming up with the message.
So let me take you through what happens. On start up (of the paper weight) I get a message 'Improper shutdown' which I just simply 'ok' then it starts up. makes a few normal noises; then it use to to pick up a page, feed it about halfway through, then come up with the 'paper jam' message. Now however doesn't even pick up the page and comes up with the message.
Now this printer hasn't even gone through an ink cartridge yet, and has broken down oh and is my second one luckily the first one broke down in the first month or so.
please help me before I take my paper weight down to the tip and never buy hp ever again. cheers

Hi Ciara_B, cheers for the reply. Looked at the picture and i think it's the bit on the left hand side of the printer where the gear wheels move around, is that right, and is that known as the capping station? If so then yes ive checked there. I've moved the printer head out of the way and removed the cartridges too and looked through there. Basically ive had a tourch out and well can't see anything untowards or any peice of paper.
is there somewhere it could have fallen if it was a tiny piece?
cheers for your help

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