In January of 2019 my printer went from working flawlessly to having the fatal printhead error overnight.
I don't print much, but after owning the printer for three years at that point, I had just recently spent a ton of money on all four genuine HP cartridges only three months before. According to the printer settings and info menu, I've only printed 1322pages.
I am EXTREMEMLY upset that this printer (which cost nearly $300 when I bought it, couldn't even make it up to the page yield of a standard ink cartridge (1500 pages). I contacted HP support last year and gave up in my communications with them since they only ever contacted me while I was at work, and I couldn't answer, so they closed the case.
Please tell me there's a better way than spending a ton of money on a new printhead. I know this printer is out of warranty, but even car dealerships will sometimes do a "good faith" warranty to make things right. I happened on a used 8600 from a restaurant that closed down and this thing is going strong at currently 70,602 pages. But I want MY printer to work, especially since it still has full ink cartridges in it, although the way it's going, I'm sure they are currently just wasted money since they had "protected cartridge" enabled so I can't use them in this other printer I have. [edit]