Can't Print After Upgrading to Windows 8.1

My HP4100 is connected via USB adapter, since printer ports no longer come with computers, and my (older) HP4100 requires one.  (I have a HP700 desktop.)
After upgrading, the printer was gone from Printer Setup.  I downloaded the "HP Print and Scan Doctor", which found the right driver, which I installed.  Great.  Now the printer shows up, but every time I try to print to it, I just get "Printer HP4100 is in an error state."  Extremely informative message, I must say.  I rely on this printer for our business.  Now what?
Frustrated.

I downloaded the 64-bit driver, but that didn't work either.  The HP rep said that the printer won't work on Win 8.1.  Funny, he never mentioned a different adapter as a potential solution - he just went right to selling me a new printer.  I loved my HP4100.  Had it for 13 years and it never failed us.  It is a workhorse printer, with real steel paper trays and moving parts, etc.  at a time when most parts in most printers are all plastic.

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