Macbook Pro not recognizing printer

My Hp deskjet f4280 printer recently stopped working on my macbook pro. It used to work fine but it started saying the printer was offline then when I tried to resolve the issue it stopped recognizing the printer at all. If anyone knows a solution to this that won't mess up the computer I would really appreciate it!

Computer is running latest version of OS X and is currently up to date.

Is this connected via usb and did you try another usb cable also do you have
the most current drivers for this model.

If connected wirelessly did u change anything on the LAN at the time it stopped working. You could try going into Sys Prefs/Print & Fax select current printer delete it, then click + to add your current printer again.

I did not try another cable, I don't think I have one.
The first thing I tried was updating the drivers. I found a driver package for the hp f4200 line of printers but for some reason it did not support the specific printer i had. then when i went in to delete and re-add the printer i found it had already deleted it when i tried to install the drivers. And that's when it wouldn't recognize it anymore.

*bump* any solutions?

Delete the printer - if you have HP software that you have installed - use it's uninstaller to remove it.

Here is the latest driver from HP for your model.
Select software and drivers 

That is the package I tried. After it was installed it would not recognize the printer even though it's listed under the compatible printers.