8500A Plus Scan from all-in-one to Mac over wireless only possible?

I have spent most of the morning reading over the various Forum questions and answers regarding my issue but nothing seems to have addressed my issue directly, perhaps what I want to do is not possible. I'm trying to scan to my Mac (Yosemite 10.10.1) from my Officejet Pro 8500A Plus (referred hereafter as "Officejet") over my wireless network without have to connect to my USB.
Scenarios
A) When I have the Officejet connected to my Mac via USB, when I hit the touchpad Scan -> Computer it shows my Mac and works just fine, and it lists my Windows desktop as "Computer Not Listed".
B) When I have the Officejet connected to my Windows Desktop via USB, when I hit the touchpad Scan -> Computer it shows my Windows Desktop and works just fine, and it lists my Mac desktop as "Computer Not Listed".
C) When I have the Officejet connected to neither computer via USB, when I hit the touchpad Scan -> Computer it doesn't show either computer as an option to scan to and says "No Computer Detected" and has some instructions but they don't help me with my Mac, and for the Windows Desktop it tells me to "Activate Scan to Computer" but when I try to do that, my Windows desktop tells me "Communication cannot be established with the printer".
My main goal is to be able to scan to my Mac from my Officejet via my wireless network, with a secondary goal of doing the same with my Windows Desktop. But right now it only seems to work with one or the other if connected by USB. Is it possible to send a scan to my Mac from the Officejet over the wireless network without having to connect it to my compter via USB?
Your help is much appreciated!

Hello,
Thanks for posting your queries on forum,
Scenarios A, B and C holds good with the product functionality, when the printer is connected via USB cable it will detect only the computer to which its connected and not the other computer.
For you to scan to both the computer yes you can install the printer on wireless network, I dont have the printer here with me but will try my best.
Install all the three devices(Mac, Windows and Printer) to the same network
for Yosemite we dont have the full feature driver available so i would like you to perform Apple Software Update and install the HP Printer driver Version 3.0.
You can also download it from the standalone link " http://support.apple.com/kb/dl907 "
For Mac go to Printers and Scanners>> Click on the (+)symbol>>Add Printers or Scanners
An Add window opens up>> Select your printer(Bonjour multifunction) >> At the bottom under USE section select the HP 8500A printer driver>> Click Add.
It will download and install the required driver
on the Printers and Scanners window>>Select the Printer that we added >> Click on Options & Supplies>> Check if you have Utility Tab.
If yes click on the same>> Open Printer Utility and enable Scan to computer.
Now check on the front panel if it displays your Mac.
Install full feature software for windows and Activate scan to computer on your windows machine and it should display the both computer name on front panel of the printer.
I tried the above steps on my Envy Printer and it works.
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