Trouble shooting paper jam

Any one that can assist, will be appreciated
Printer when printing in "fast print" option was jammed. I openned the back panel and pulled out paper that was jammed. Now printer stayed in the same loop of asking to take out paper jamm and press "ok".
When ok is pressed it makes some noises but goes back to where it was. Clear paper Jam.
Tried turning power button off, but it doesnt turn off.
When electrical cable is desconnected to force power off, it returns to the same message of requiring to clean the papaer jam.
I havent been able to get the printer out of this loop even though it has no physical ramains of paper jam.
Anyone has a solution for this?
Tony

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