Printer Problem - OfficeJet Pro 8500 A910 [A75BDO] My operating System Mac OSX 10.6.8

I recently installed a  genuine HP cyan ink cartridge 940 XL. The color was streaked so I made attempts to clean the printheads.  I did this thre times.  The color did not get better so I presummed the cartridge was bad.  I put in another cartridge and it printed one good copy then went back to streaking and no blue showing at all even with a new cartridge.  I atempted to clean the printheads and I received this message - "Cannot clean printheads contact HP Support".  When I check the status of the printer it says the printheads are good.  However I am unable to print in color or grayscale.

You are getting a message that the printhead can't be cleaned when attempting to clean them or the message is occuring all the time or? Genuine HP ink correct? If your printhead is in warranty I'd call support and have an agent evaluate its condition and replace it if necessary
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    Welcome to the forums Joanda!
    I saw your post about the issues you are having with scanning and would like to help!
    Please let me know which model of printer you have:
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