I HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THE 100 PAGE SOLUTION WORKED!!!
Bought a brand new Officejet 8600, wanted to print photos right off the bat and it did not work. Printed fine for all other paper, just not photo paper. Went thru 2 different stacks of photo paper, 2 different brands and still didn't work.
Had to print a BLANK page 100 times and then loaded the photo paper - then it worked.
THAT IS JUST POOR QUALITY CONTROL FOR HP. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD TEST SOMETHING LIKE THIS. FOR A COMPUTER COMPANY THAT IS SLOWLY BECOMING A PRINTER COMPANY, YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW BETTER.