Thanks for the link gargouille; however, I've already been to the HP site. One other person asked the same question several months ago and never got a reply. It is a HP OfficeJet model number C2890A. Yes I have tried turning it on and off. And no, there is nothing in the manual about this problem. I checked printerrepair.com and there was one message on an old forum where someone had the same problem. They never got a reply. There just isn't much other information to give. When you turn it on the message immediately pops up. The motor doesn't start up. The print cartridge does not move into position. You cannot go into the menu, for that matter, none of the buttons have any effect. It seems that something is going wrong very early in the initialization phase.